Thursday, June 6, 2013

So I guess this is "finding yourself"?

Hello all! I know it has been a while since I last posted due to the incredibly hectic schedule I had at the end of the school year. So without further ado I would like to begin…

On Planning for the future:

High school is overwhelming at times, which is scary because at this time it is readily apparent that the real trouble doesn't start until after graduation… oh boy. I appreciate that the school administrators are simply concerned for or future and that is why they force us to take so many career oriented classes, but honestly for me that has been the hardest part of school. This is not because these classes are exceedingly difficult (in all honesty they are guaranteed A’s), but rather because they are meant to help us make the overwhelming decision on what it is we would like to do for the rest of our lives. Granted there really is no pressure on us to make actual decisions in the classroom setting, I began to realize just how daunting of a task growing up really is.
For the longest time I have had little to no clue what I want to do.
Errr, well actually I have… kind of. You see I have this bad habit where I decide that I definitely want to do something, and sticking by the plan whole heartedly… for approximately two months at best. To pull an example from the nerdier recesses of the internet I most definitely want to be a floral anthropological historian one day (this is false) and the next I have decided that I like my prospect more as a professional career fabricator (that is one who creates fake jobs for a living). While these are both utterly ridiculous concepts the reality of my wild fluctuations in interests has presented itself as a problem. What does one do when he could find himself loving certain aspects of almost any job but hating the bulk of most? Do I simply decide to search for contentment by finding the job I hate least? I hope not, because I refuse to simply settle for finding a career based on merely how tolerable I find it. So what than is my next step? I for one have decided to explore just what it is that I really enjoy, and you know what my interests have never really changed, they are just numerous, and quite frankly varied. Here it is me, in a list:
  •         I find computers fascinating, but am most content outdoors
  •         Paradoxically my love for the outdoors leads me to love technology more, I need balance
  •         I enjoy creativity and inventiveness, in writing and creating physical objects
  •         Often I am incapable of completing a project in writing or mechanical invention without first taking a break to pursue the other hobby
  •         I love people
  •         Paradoxically I simultaneously hate dealing with them
  •         I cannot be placed at a desk and told to work, I need movement and I need freedom



My list is far from complete I, like everyone else, am incredibly complex and you know what? I am no closer to finding my dream job, but guess what I still have two years of high school. So if you had to describe yourself in under 10 bullet points, how would you do it?

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