Vision without action is just a dream.
Action without vision merely wastes time.
Vision coupled with action can make things happen!
Ever since I can remember, I've always been obsessed with my future. So, I guess this exercise might be helpful, as I can now note and organize these "visions", and take the time to think of the best form of "action" to take, in order to make my them part of my future.
VISION #1
Just like what I'm sure I'll find on every other person's list, "Success" is clearly one of my most important visions. But I don't think that can be my first "vision". Before that, I need to figure out exactly what it is I want to be successful at. Even though I am almost 3 years through my degree, I still don't know EXACTLY what it is I want to do. I've always seen myself as a "Jack of all trades, master of none" and so finding one field to commit myself to seems a little scary. I guess that to achieve this, I need to commit time to researching the many different options available to me. I should find ways of "sampling" them, before making any commitments. I'd probably do this by trying internships, and taking courses related to those topics.
VISION #2
Once I do figure out what it is that I want to do (or even if I never figure it out, but take a job somewhere regardless of my uncertainty)I hope to become "successful" at it. To make a decent (well preferably more than just "decent") living, and hold a position that not only challenges me, but that I also enjoy. The only way to achieve this vision would be hard work I guess (and maybe some luck and connections...) I need to work as hard as possible now, so that I can get the best grades possible, so that I have an impressive GPA to put on my resume. Once I graduate, I need to keep applying myself, and really dedicate myself to whatever it is I do choose to pursue. I would probably also need to work on my confidence and "people skills".
VISION #3
Although this may end up being dictated by my career, I do think that figuring out where in this world I actually want to end up is a pretty important goal of mine. As of now, I feel like I have no nationality. I've not spent enough time in any country to feel it, and my passports each have different nationalities. I know the pros and cons of these countries and the cultures, but I would like to figure out which country to eventually end up in, and hopefully find a way to identify myself with that nationality. I'm not sure how to do this. I guess the only idea I have as of now is trial and elimination. Or, god forbid, just let myself become an "American" =P
VISION #4
Aside from career, I really want to be a parent. Not quite yet, but once everything else is in place, it would be my #1 priority. I guess I don't need to explain the exact "steps" which one takes to accomplish this haha...but it would preferably mean getting married and "settling down" first. So, to accomplish this, I am going to try to avoid getting sucked into time-wasting relationships that are clearly going nowhere.
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Hey, I think that you should try out new things and even when you think you have found the one thing that just calls out to you, you shouldn't stop experimenting. You never know when you will find more than one thing you are intrigued by.
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting when you said that you consider you have no nationality. I guess, you don't have to be a single nationality, you have the a choice unlike many people to decide what or who you are. You can be a mixture of many things as you said you see yourself as a "Jack of all trades", you don't have to limit yourself with one nationality. =]
"success" is somewhat broad, is there any specific things you want to be success? I think you should try different things and maybe you can find some things that you like to do and want to be success at.
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate to Vision # 4. I remeber being a little girl and telling my mom that i don't want to have children. This obviously upset her, but at the same time, she knew that I was just a child and didn't get my feminine instincts yet. As an adult, I have come to realize how badly I want to have children and "settle down" to raise a family.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to your first vision. I am kind of reminded of childhood, when one thinks it possible to be anything in "the future" and the list of wanted occupations changes every month. As one gets older one has to discriminate what one should actually like to pursue.
ReplyDeleteStill, I'm ambivalent. I would like to be in Finance, or maybe work in Museum, or maybe in Fashion or teaching Art History.
I think we all have pretty similar goals in our future. I just hope we all get to accomplish them pretty soon. I like your fourth vision. Its pretty funny but at the same time its true. I also hope to become a parent one day but that will be once I graduate college, have the first down payment to my house, and get marry. There is no rush in that yet though. But for now just enjoy life and fulfill all of your other goals. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you everyone wants to be successful. However success means different things to different people.
ReplyDeleteI really hope that you find a place where you belong since i think a culture depends so much on who you are as a person and it is nice to think you have a home. Even if you don't live in that country there is just something about it that makes you feel good. Ultimately i think we all want to be parent.I know i would love to be one to but like you said not quit yet.
Good luck in finding a place you can call home!