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Originally Posted by MarkusL At age 23, I know deep in my heart that I want to be in field of Arts and literature. Most of my spare time I draw, read alot, and I love designing. Also, I have a substancial amount of knowledge about business management.
Now back to the subject about my purpose. My main question is, should I make a U-turn and go back to college and get a degreee in Arts, where I have no idea if that field even makes money but I love doing OR go continue nursing where they make money but its against my heart? Your opinions will
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My advice to you would be to try and figure out a way to
leverage yourself into an arts and literature orientated career (ie. your passion) using your current skills, knowledge, and qualifications in nursing and business management. Now I'm not exactly sure how you could do this - this would largely be something that you'd have to figure out yourself (by thinking about it, writing about it in a journal, or talking about it with a friend, etc.) - but I'm sure with a little creativity and effort, you could come up with something. (Effort is really important, I find - if you expend enough effort on a "problem", you can usually solve it, break it, make it work, or generally make it go away.)
I also recommend read of the following articles by Steve Pavlina:
- What Is Your Career?
An article that I think will really help you with your dilemma. Steve gives lot of examples from his personal experience. There's a lot more I could describe about the article, but don't worry about my rambling, read the article!
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- Making Decisions That Stick
From reading your post I found that at the core of your issue, you are largely having a problem making a decision. You (like I used to) seem to be phrasing your decision to yourself in a way that makes it very difficult to make a decision. This article will give you a completely different perspective on making decisions, and if the insight Steve shares with you works for you as well as it worked for me when I read the article, your decision should become easy (no joke, it's that effective).
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- StevePavlina.com Podcast #007 - Solving Frustrating Problems
This isn't actually an article, it's a podcast (which is basically an audio file that you can listen to over the internet). Steve addresses the "classic dilemma of passion vs. profits", and helps you transition from "either/or" thinking to "AND" thinking. The podcast is about 15 minutes long, but well worth a listen. (You can either download it to your computer or you can listen to it in your internet browser window.)
Anyway, with that, I'll leave you with a quote from one of Steve's articles, entitled
Productivity Showdown Day 3 (the quote actually has nothing to do with a productivity showdown but everything to do with your current situation). Oh and by the way, when you make some progress with your current situation, we'd love to hear how everything goes and what you decide on!
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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina, 'Productivity Showdown Day 3' [...] no matter how much you leverage outside factors like people and technology and capital, the ultimate form of leverage is still your own time. Time is the juice of life; if you aren’t living passionately and loving what you do each day, to me that’s punishing yourself, and your accomplishments won’t provide much fulfillment if you aren’t enjoying the journey. If you find the path to your goal so painful that you feel you must minimize the time you spend on it, regardless of how much you lust for the final destination, then you’re on the wrong path. Before you embark on any path ask the question, does this path have a heart?
If the answer is no, you will know it and then you must choose another path.
The trouble is that nobody asks the question. And when a man finally realizes
that he has taken a path without a heart the path is ready to kill him.
- Carlos Castaneda
So ask the question. Does your path have a heart? This is one of those questions where you will know with certainty if the answer is yes. If you aren’t certain it’s a yes, then it’s a no.
Don’t take the path without a heart, regardless of where you think it will lead you and how great it will be when you finally arrive. Find another way to get there. I know it’s not easy to find a way to make a great living doing what you love each and every day, but it’s a lot easier than the alternative. |