When I grow up..
My fave nephew was here last week... the most adorable little boy I know. Anyway, being a child, as usual.. one of the things he likes to say is "When I grow up, I want to be a doctor / pilot".It got me thinking, how come children never say "When I grow up, I wanna be a consultant / auditor / systems analyst / CEO etc" ... it's always doctor / teacher / pilot. So my theory is that most of the professions that children come in close contact with are doctors (when they are ill or in fact, when given birth to).. and teachers (also first people to educate them on stuff, very influential) or pilots (playing with toy planes perhaps?).
Reality is... how many of us really grow up to be what we wanted to be? My ambitions were paediatrician, teacher, painter (at one point) or writer. Do I truly want to be that? Will I still want to achieve those? Would I be happier in those professions? Hmmm... Or do we choose our professions mainly based on... market demands, stability of income, peer pressure?
People tell me that the grass is always greener on the other side. Very true. But will we ever know.. if this is indeed true, then the grass is just GREEN - not greener. It is generically the same. Is there anyone who truly wakes up every morning, loving their job? I mean, truly. Not because they don't have to work coz they are rich or they are doing what they like because they can afford to. How do you prod along, telling yourself each day... that this is what you are born to do? Or is it? Would you ever know? Hmmm.. and is it an option? What if the grass is really just GREEN?
posted by emeryz @ 9:09 AM
2 Comments:
So true!When I grow up I want to be an astronaut...but my feet are still on Earth. sighh
At the end of the day (and I say this with great conviction) it's how content you are with the job you have. Does the ob utilise the skills unique to you and that you do best? Do you feel important with what you do? Does it meet your personal needs (satisfaction, monetary- though this is debatable, etc etc). If yes then I think you arein no better place than here and now. Let the future take its course.
Well as for me, I only found out what I want to do when I was, like, 18. I have been playing games all my childhood, but I thought the only cool game-related job was being a game tester.
And here I am now, wanting to become a game designer and all. I believe that once you have a goal, regardless of your skill, you just go straight to it.
But I believe also that little steps are important to achieve your dreams as well. If I didn't believe in that, I would've quitted my job long time ago. I realised that being a game designer means to learn a whole lot of things from various disciplines.
Whatever the case is, I'm still focused on being a game designer. Forever and ever ;)
And emery, I miss you. Let's yam cha some time.
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