Tuesday, April 9, 2013

"What If?"


"What if money was no object?" We started our career session with this inspirational video, which attempted to show us that we do not need to think of our future careers as "what makes more money?", but, instead, "what is my passion and what do I really want to pursue in life?". As I was pondering on the subject with my family, I encountered an altercation with this concept; money is an object. In no way am I saying materialistic means are more important than self-content or happiness (which in most cases is not directly related to money), but we do, in fact, need it to survive. Coming from the privileged families that we do, we are told we should not have to worry about money anyways, since we will always have the basics provided for us. I, however, am also in conflict with this concept, as personally, I would one day like to be able to depend solely on myself, building the foundation for an independent lifestyle. Possibly being self-contradictory, I also believe that there is nothing more important than following your passion and fighting for the goals you want to achieve.





This makes me more confused in relation to what I really want to do with my life once I actually have to take charge of it. Leaning more to the arts department (such as film) when it comes to career choices, I am in constant doubt and conflict with myself, wondering if it actually is the right choice for me. Still confused about whether money is important or not, I searched for YouTube videos on the topic; this was the result:





The video above, with a simple anecdote was able to make me better understand how, if you really love what you are doing enough to not want to stop - which, if I had to pick, would be my concept for finding my dream career - you will not worry about the amount of money you have, your personal fulfillment will be enough. I have, despite my confusion, come to understand that this indecisiveness is completely normal, being that I am only a sophomore in high school, and have a lot of ground to cover before I am faced with that decision. I am, however, truly excited (but still nervous) to chose my IB courses, being that I am uncertain about that too, unsurprisingly. 







When I think about my future, I picture myself traveling, producing movies and having the time of my life doing it. There is no way of telling, however, if that is what I am going to be doing in 4 years; who knows? I might be a physics major? I have clearly always been obsessed over the fact I do not know what I want to do yet, which is why I was extremely excited to take the Holland Codes and Myers-Brigg vocational test results and integrate them to find out careers that would theoretically be appropriate for me; these were my results: 





I was thrilled to find that a lot of the careers were actually very related to what I am interested in now (actor, editor, producer or director). Of course, I am not sure this is what I will do for the rest of my life, but it is interesting to have an idea of the careers that my ideals and concepts match with. Overall, I think that what I have learned during the past few weeks has really helped me realize what to really care about and what is important to me.