<p>Not sure how many times this has been discussed but thought I'd make one ^_^.</p>
<p>How many of you are usually caught in between what you're passionate about and wanting to make it your career, with another career for example that would make you miserable but you would endure it if you can still pursue at some point or as a hobby, the thing you're passionate about.</p>
<p>Or when you're dead-set on a career choice since a child, and even through all the things you may go through or changes that happen to your mindset or life, you still keep that in you as you become an adult. I genuinely want to know how many of you people are out there like that, that just DO NOT give up. I mean even if there isn't a happy ending or success/perfection with the outcome, it's still inspiring that a person can be so dedicated to what they love (even if they haven't experienced it).</p>
<p>Like an example would be law for me. I know all the negatives of it (oversaturation etc) and the exceptionally rare positives that a few select people get to enjoy, but it's something I've loved since I was a small child (putting aside the usual family wishes of becoming a lawyer/doctor/politician lol). Some people see it as a miserable lifeless 2-dimension job and I see it like it has as much depth as the universe lol.</p>
<p>I'm in high school now and for my particular life I've been through stuff, my mind has changed many times and I constantly weigh in if it's even realistic to think of a career like law, and still I feel as though I'm meant for that (ofcourse it could all be in my head). When I think of other career choices I would enjoy I always view it as something I'd supplement with law or I compare it with law, even if I realize I may never become a lawyer. Also weighing in wether the amount of work and effort (and time and money) is worth it for law or if it would be better off putting that into another career, is also a tough debate.</p>
<p>So yeah, I want to hear things like this from people :)! It would be neat in a couple years to check back and see how things have changed or better yet stayed the same!</p>
<p>Yeah… I’m pretty sure I won’t be an archaeologist. My dad won’t pay for my college if I don’t go into a STEM field. I would have loved to study ancient languages and Chinese history. C’est la vie…</p>
<p>I’m stuck between two passions, Theatre and Politics/Law, that I’m gravitating between. Both career prospects are absolutely HORRIBLE. I could major in Business or something, but I would be miserable! I don’t have the competency in science or math to go anywhere near a STEM job.</p>
<p>My plan to reconcile the above mentioned is to double-major in Theatre and Political Science, though I’ve been told I probably won’t make it out in 4 years doing that. There are SO many people who want to be lawyers and actors, what if it doesn’t work for me? I’d really love to practice law for a while and then try to jump into politics, but it seems like a pipe dream, doesn’t it?</p>
<p>My parents divorced long before I can remember, but they’ve always gotten along well enough. One summer, they both took me on a trip up to Yosemite Valley. Over the course of a whole two weeks, my dad told me a story. He added a chapter (or two) a day, and the combination of his wonderful way with words, of his skillful plotting, and of my anxious anticipation for the next piece of the puzzle formed a constellation in my mind that I wished, one day, I’d be capable of repainting. Since then, I’ve always known I wanted to write. And, thankfully this passion is well-served by sitting on the back-burner. No matter what I choose to do with my life, no matter what work or hobbies I fill the hours with, I’ll already have a second job that I love, and I’ll always have some time to work at it.</p>
<p>hm i thought most people that made a living writing had to either compromise their integrity as a writer and do popularized things, or do something really mundane for like a company. writing may be a passion that you can always pursue, but I’m not sure i would count on it being a * job *.</p>
<p>I want to be a writer as well - and unless I sink to the popular YA, chances are I won’t live off of that. So I’m thinking of working in publishing (like copy-editing and stuff) - and if all else fails, marry rich.</p>
<p>Ah, but that’s the thing: it’s a job with no paycheck—or a small paycheck, or any kind of paycheck, really—so I don’t have to worry about that; instead it’s the work that counts and not the end of the work, not the financial reward. It’s refreshing!</p>
<p>My passion is actually the sciences, so engineering will hopefully be a really solid fit for me. But, in all honesty, Physics is (next to Chemistry and Calculus) the class I have enjoyed the most. After all, it’s a class a lot of people find difficult, but since I enjoy it so much, I do really well.</p>
<p>It’s about as hard to be a screenwriter as it is to be an actor… Yeah. </p>
<p>Okay you’re right about that though. Poetry is definitely not the way to get rich. Like I said, I’m just going to go to Dartmouth and marry an investment banker.</p>
<p>I’m stuck between medicine, which i would enjoy and would also be a very good career and military history. Geeky I know, but it really is my passion although it’s something I’ve been interested in for a lot less time than medicine or another biology related field. At least it’s a relatively easy passion to pursue as a hobby, but if i do become a doctor I probably won’t have much time to do it :)</p>
<p>But the cream always rises to the top, right? You’d be an awesome screenwriter. And awesome screenwriters <em>should</em> always be in demand. The risk, I guess, is selling-out: Hollywood flicks or crappy Disney TV shows and stuff.
Yeah, why do you think I want to go to college? To get an education? Naw, potatoes. Rich men is where it’s at. (I’m kidding).
The sad thing about poetry (and short stories and contemporary novels) is that hardly anyone bothers with them. Why couldn’t I be passionate about something practical? Like programming or shampoo-manufacturing or something.</p>
<p>My parents won’t let me be a geologist, but I am passionate about geology. They say that geology is not prestigious enough (not in the Asian. particular in the Vietnamese, community). They want me to be a pharmacist, doctor, or nurse, because Vietnamese people love those professions. Sorry, but I am not going to try to please my own race.</p>
<p>But I don’t think the qualities of milk apply to real life. Also, I have no issue with selling out in Hollywood. If millions of people watch my movies, all the better. Lawlz. </p>
<p>My mom’s best friend from grad school now works for L’Oreal in Paris. What a coincidence. </p>
<p>I personally find poetry quite boring. Songwriting, on the other hand, is amazing. Become a song writer. It’s like poetry but better and it’s actually useful! Though competitive grrr.</p>
<p>My mom scared me off my childhood dream of becoming a illustrator or manga artist with the “starving artist” story. But drawing will always be a hobby even though I will go into the science field XD</p>
<p>Well on the other hand, you’ve got people like me who don’t have passions/don’t know what their passions are. I never knew what I wanted to be when I was small and I still don’t! Like my career choices right now are so ridiculous…surgeon, pilot, social science researcher/professor, accountant (for the money), psychiatrist…currently I’m sorta flipping the coin between psych research and surgery, but the other options are still floating around. </p>
<p>My mom, though, wants me to be a dentist for some reason. xD</p>
<p>@ ^, I don’t think you have to know what you’re going to do for the rest of your life right now. People change their minds, even about their passions. In my family, I have only one aunt who came out of college with a degree in what she planned on majoring in freshman year. And even if you do find something you’re passionate about, you don’t have to make it your job. </p>
<p>As for me, my passion is education. Anything and everything, but specifically gifted education. Why? Partly because of my own experiences, and partly because I’m drawn to the constant change and debate. My family isn’t too happy with the fact that I want to become a teacher–I get, “But you can do so much better than that!” a lot–but it doesn’t really change my mind. The more involved I get, through my own research and tutoring in the summer and during the school year, the more I love it. </p>
<p>And this concludes my rant about my passions! :-)</p>