We were born as babies who knew nothing about this world, opened our eyes to the unfamiliar surroundings and in a blink of an eye, we grew. From an infant to a toddler, to a child. As we grew, we learn, to walk, to talk, to read and write. And then we reach an age where we are to set our goals, our career, what we're gonna be when we grow up, how we're gonna live and where. It is now the time that we need to act so that we can have the future that we want. By proving our grades, our achievements.
When we were kids, all of us wanted to be firefighters and doctors and superheroes, people that save other people from danger. Maybe for some, their goal has been set from when they were little. But what about those who change their minds? What about those with doubts? What if they crossed out everything on the career list? Will there be any choice for them? For those whose minds are made up of what they want to be when they grow up, it's easy for them. They just have to work to get what they want. Sure, it might sound hard, to study and memorize all the facts of the human body, to know every single word in the English dictionary, etc. But I think, what's harder is to set your goals.
There are a lot of people who when they grow up, their interests change. And of course one would want to do a job that they'd love, which is doing something that you like. Like a hobby. My mom's one of the people I know who didn't get to pursue her ambition because she wanted to go to England to study, and she only had two choices, Medic or Engineering, so she picked Engineering. She told me her job was boring, and I don't want to be like that, even if it'll make me filthy rich. Sure, she's good at her job, very hardworking, but at the end of the day, you're just not happy. Yeah, you're supposed to be grateful for whatever that happens to you and I get it, you can't choose your future, if it's to happen, then it's to happen, but I mean, if you try hard, it's probably gonna go your way, InsyaAllah.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is... how do you know what your passion is? And how are you sure of it? I've been thinking of being a writer since I was eleven. I've been writing about my life (of course the books never ended), how school was, who my friends were and everything! I was so serious about being a writer when I started high school, but then there was that one time (or more), I stopped writing. How am I to know that it's not gonna happen again? What if I picked a course in English Literature or Arts or whatever it is for writing and then I lose my passion? What happens next? I can't just go back and choose Medic all of a sudden.
So yeah, how would I know for sure what I like and who I wanna be? It's been discussed so many times about what I'm to be when I grow up, and I still haven't decided yet.
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