"A Jack of Many Trades and a Master of None"
I believe it is essential to work towards your likes and serve the world through your passions. However, it seems it takes some us some time to discover what we truly love to do and how we can do it to earn a living. As a young professional in my mid twenties I thought my life would be different right now but you live and you learn and I've realized the twenties (at least for myself) have been quite confusing. When I was in graduate school I often wondered why I was amongst so many seasoned professionals and older students and now I think I get it. My conclusion is, in life you don't really know what you truly want to do till after your twenties. The twenties a time you discover who you really are and if your fortunate to find your soul mate during this time..well try your best not to screw things up and help each other along the way.
Simply put the twenties can be a confusing time for some of us as we try to discover what are passions are and how we are going to create them into money making ideas. As of now, I believe I have become a jack of many trades and a master of none. I am very talented and skilled in many things such as; doing hair, social media management/ consultation, writing, researching, etc. Yet, I have not found that it factor that will focus me into my dream job. How do you do this? I suppose that is the million dollar question! It's not easy to navigate through your twenties with the like for so many things. Some are fortunate enough to fall into what they truly love while others like myself, will endure the trail and error process. Although currently times are bleak for me on most fronts, my faith insist I continue to press on.
So, I say this all to make a point rather than rant about my personal woes of being under employed. To make it in life, one must do all one can to tap into your talents and discover what makes you happy, I mean truly happy. There is this "thing" we all have that we love to do and if we are fortunate enough to make that into a career I believe that contributes to a fulfilled life. Life is for the living and if you keep living as a jack of many trades never to become a master of one, then that creates a consistent flow of uncertainty and perhaps unfulfillment in life. I shall continue to press forward with my likes so I may advance my passions which for some time have sustained to be Fashion and International Development, the question is how will I fuse the two making them into a compelling career?
Song of this post: Everybody's Free (To Wear Suncreen)
Sincerely,
The Burgeoning Turtle
"the question is how will I fuse the two making them into a compelling career?"
ReplyDeleteHold LOOSELY to those desires & "compelling career" dreams you have for yourself now. I'm aware, through your words, that you've contemplated with God what He wanted you to do and you see yourself as pointing in that direction. But just to give you some words of experience, your life isn't going to look 10 years from now how you think it may look, it's going to be what God deems. So hold loosely to the things you think may get you where YOU want to go. And know that where God is going to put you is going to be SO MUCH better than what you thought you'd accomplish. For now, do WHATEVER!!! If it's relatable to anything that you know TAKE IT! Do it with that "PASSION" that you want to give to the pursuits of your heart!! Learn from the people, learn from the substandard environments you've landed and yes PRESS ON!! You are going to get to a whole new level of understanding (of people) more than what you expect.
In short baby cousin, you're going to be at that pinnacle that will be so BEFITTING of you and when you get there your 20/20 look back is going to be filled with all those things that you learned that you had no control over, you know. No controlled lab or classroom could've taught you how to be that well refined woman I see you being... in just TEN SHORT YEARS!!!
At least that's MY dream for you beautiful lady
Praise him, because his name is holy.
Let the hearts of those who trust in the Lord be glad.
Look to the Lord and to his strength.
Always look to him.
1 Chronicles 16:10 &11