The safest plan for an individual to succeed in life is to work for his own passion. His vocation must cater to his taste. At times, parents and guardians become negligent in aiding a child to recognize his talents. Cases are, the child will take on any vocation he would get into and life would be too redundant for him. Or sometimes, the parents will decide on the child’s vocation. It is common for parents to say, “I want you (son or daughter) to be a doctor or lawyer and have high salary in the future”. Or a scenario goes like, “Our family has several generations of lawyers, it”s time for you to follow the traditions of family”. If the child understands and shows interest in his parents wishes, then there wouldn”t be a problem. Otherwise, it will only give nothing but pressure and frustration. We are all born for a purpose.
There is as much diversity in our brains as in our countenances. Some are born with talent and others learn a trade to love during their learning years. Let’s say, some are born mechanics while others have great aversion to machinery. When you combine a dozen boys together, you will observe that two or three will be “whittling” out some ingenious device working with lock and complicated machinery. We can categorize these boys as the naturals while the rest have different aptitudes. Unless the individual enters the vocation intended to him by nature and by his fashion, he cannot ultimately succeed… financially and emotionally.
A man may succeed in a vocation he dedicated his life to but didn”t really love. He would end up dissatisfied and restless and would essentially tire out in his work. This is a common situation for most of us. We end up in a profession we didn’t really intended to be in. We needed the money, the stability, the work to keep us going and feel we are part of the society. I can give my personal experience as an example.
The course I finished in college is Advertising. I took the course knowing I would end up some part in Media productions but I had no specific career goals in mind. While studying, I discovered an affinity with design. I love to doodle, sketch and play with colors (even if I wasn”t really good at it). I learned graphic editing softwares and HTML with an outdated computer desktop but I loved my hobby so much, the problem on old machinery wasn”t an issue. After graduation, the first job I got was as an Online Marketer in an IT company. I learned the trade easily but my interest wasn’t there. I was a bit listless and my confidence went down.
When my employer learned I knew how to use Photoshop and HTML, I was transferred as a Mobile Designer to design graphics for mobile ebooks and software. There, I lived to see each day as a new day and I enjoyed everything I did in that department. I stayed for six months because the distance was quite far and the commuting time was long and stressful to take for me. I opted to look for a job nearer my place. My next job was a long stint in Advertising, in where I cultivated all I learned during college. Everything was there, design, brainstorm, creativity, writing, marketing, etc. Everything I knew and loved are all combined.
The time came when things became redundant and I found myself going back to my hobby of design at my spare time (yea, even when I”m at the office). That was the time I took things to another level and made websites with a best friend. I learned web development and I discovered another level to my hobby to work my skills upon. Later on, I felt a “calling” to give web design focus. It must have been divine intervention that my next job was as a Web Designer in a web company. There, I knew I found my place and career path. Web Designing is now my current job. This is where another step is taken for my learning. I learned SEO, CSS, Project Management, content integration, Photoshop techniques, etc.
I’m loving learning new things and the stress isn’t much as an issue. I”m learning to cope and I can visualize myself growing within the industry. A lot of people don’t get the job of their choice. Some have a late calling (like me), but as long as they continue to pursue what they love, time will come they will achieve the profession of their choice. Don”t mistake your passion. Continue working with what you love and be an expert on it. One day, your passion will be your winning ticket to financial freedom and it will be worth every blood and sweat you have done to achieve your goal.
