Pick a Job and Become the Person Who Does It
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Pick a Job and Become the Person Who Does It

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Although I can't recall where I first heard this quote--I believe it was someone quoting someone quoting someone else--it has stuck with me since that day. As a young person who often feels without direction and as if they are only playing at life, it's a comforting thought that someone has already put into words my current approach to life.

I enjoy many things and have very few dislikes, so the typical "trial by fire" method of discerning the correct path simply doesn't work for me. Corporate work, animal care, janitorial or inventory management, and laboratory research--after the initial adjustment period, there was something in each experience that was magnetic and made me think I could see myself doing this forever. Each required expanding different skillsets, fostering varying natures of relationships with coworkers, and felt immensely valuable not only for career development, but also personal and interpersonal development as well.

Then comes the moment when I am confronted with the question "What do you want to do?" Each time, the only response I have is a self-conscious "Well, I think I might.." followed by, at best, a premature guess on my part.

And although I may give an answer at the time, the truth is that I'm not quite sure. I feel there are so many roles I can or should take up and learn from, that I want to try my hand at them all and move through life from their corresponding perspective.

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