Preferred Job Vs Present Job = Potion or Poison? Present or Prison?

When we were kids we always fantasize about our future. What we would be in the next 10 years. Most will fantasized about being a doctor, pilot, or may be astronaut. Do you remember what you fantasized back then when you were 5 years old? I remember fantasizing about nothing. I never thought about what would I be and what should I do. It kinda is funny and intriguing realizing myself as kid with no job to dream about. 

Just like the dreamer, dream itself will always change. Constantly. There will come times in our lives where we will have to move on to the next level, to the next chapter of our lives. From playground to schoolyard, from schoolyard to working field. And then suddenly, we would have to build a family. As we grow, our dreams evolve. We’re no longer thinking about those dream jobs we used to dream. We learn how to be more realistic than idealistic. Not by choice, but by natural adaptation and learning process. But the question is, were those dreams ever really “gone”? How long until those dreams catch up and haunt our lives?  

Ever wonder about what you do for a living and what you really want to do for living? Are they in a perfect harmony? Ever wonder how you ended up with what you are doing now? Me? Couldn’t stop wondering.

Confucius said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” So if I spend every sunrises waking up hoping that day I won’t have to do the same exact 1440 exact things in each and every minute, is it because I chose the wrong job? Or is it because I have a wrong dream? And even if I ended up with a job I’ve been dreaming of. Will I ever feel content? Will ever be able to feel like I really am living my dream and not working my life?  

What if you take a minute and think… What is your dream, preferred, job? What is your present job? When it comes to “present” job, I couldn’t stop thinking… Is it a “present” or a “prison”? Is it a “Potion” for life or a “Poison” to life? Is it a “remedy” or “tragedy”?

Thinking about job and future is frustrating. And there will come a lot of times in our lives when even though we believe the sky is the limit, we just can’t fly any higher. When even though it is known since forever that mother earth is round, we feel like we are in a dead end, and we just can’t go any further. But never forget not to stop but to keep going. Because whatever we end up being are consequences of series of actions we took. And nothing we can do but to be responsible.