What is the perfect career and who actually has it? How many people today can we say are in love with their work? Isn’t it something we are all striving for. I believe that whatever we want we can create but when we live in a world that tells us that working is about making money and gaining respect how do we step away from the crowd and find careers that are fulfilling and satisfying. The other day I was sitting with my boyfriend and his friend who is actually a former co worker and I asked them both what would they do if they could do anything. If you can believe it I actually had to pry their answers from them. I got responses like I don’t discuss things that are not realistic or finance people just work to make money they don’t care about liking their jobs. For most of us the majority of our time is spent at our jobs, why are we settling for not liking what we do. We wouldn’t watch a TV show that we didn’t like or hang out with friends who we couldn’t stand so why are we spending 8-12 hours of our day doing something we don’t like. Is it really all about the paycheck? And if so what are we sacrificing in order to gain it. Our happiness, health, our families.
So I ask you what would you do if you could do anything? Give yourself permission to go big, be unrealistic. At what age did it stop being ok to fantasize? New creative unrealistic things are done every day but it’s only by those who let themselves dream. And not only dream but do. So what would it take for us to stop living in the world of realism and live in the world of play. When we play we take risks. We take chances and slide towards home base. We make up new rules and we go for the win. I vow in my career to go for the big win and if society’s rules are not making the game interesting enough for me then I vow to make up new ones.
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