The Road Less Traveled

Passion for one's job is a necessity in the working world. Unfortunately, not everyone is blessed enough to have the appropriate education for a desired job or lucky enough to find an opening in that desired career. The main thing is having possession of knowledge that will help you get to where you want to be. Many people in this world suffer from indecision in their futures, and end up wasting away in job fields that they hate. It may sound silly to hear that some people have 'undecided' as their occupation, but it is not all that difficult to fall into this category.

When we are little, many of us aspire to become the town heroes that everyone envies, or to become famous and make a lot of money so that we can do what we want when we want. What we do not realize about this is that hardly any of us will stay true to these whimsical ideas, and that money does not always make the world go 'round. It seems simple when we look at it this way. "All I need to do is get rich, right? Then it won't matter if I like my job or not, since I can buy anything and everything that makes me happy." If only life were so easy.

It takes a great deal of self-confidence and mental stability to be sure that "this is the right job for me" and "this is what I want to do with the rest of my life". For some people, these things fall into place with the blink of an eye once they realize their passion for something, be it music, sports, neurosurgery, or other such things.

I, on the other hand, am passionless. More precisely, I am not quite positive I have found my passion at this point in time. There are many things in this world that interest me, but there is no job titled 'Interior & Fashion Design-Photography-Musical-Novelist'. My set path has not yet been determined, and so I wonder "Will I succeed?" I won't know until I start on the right path if what I'm doing is really what I should be doing. In life, there is no-one who will tell us that "This is your job! This is where you were meant to be!" And so many of us 'undecided' ones wander the Earth aimlessly, only a handful finding their true place.

My first attempt at passion will be to return to my current high school to take one more semester of loose-end courses, and then transfer over to the in town college. There, I shall delve into the endeavors of the fine arts world. Who knows if I'll be one of the few lucky ones to strike it rich? Only time will tell.

In the future, you'll find me rolling in dough...I might just be the next Pillsbury Doughgirl!