One quote that goes well with this topic is by Confucius, "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life" - but can humans survive with passion alone or does money really make the World go round? Are you willing to forego being financially secured to a crazy dream you want to accomplish? How do you prioritize your values when determining a career path and a professional life?
As an undergrad student, people never pass the chance to ask me, "What is your dream job? Have you thought about what you wanted to do after college?" When these questions arise, I get dumbfounded. I don't know whether I'm expected to have my mind made up or to be completely honest.
Throughout my education, I've learned that the smart thing to do was to make plans,
short term plans + long term plans + back up plans + red code (emergency) plans = Route to Success
I learned that to be successful you have to make decisions quickly and to be taken seriously you have to know what you want, that there is always one correct answer. Living like this, I always felt that my life was a ticking bomb and if I didn't have a goal it was like wasting a breathe of air. As I grew older, I experienced many set backs, experimented with different lifestyles and social life has given me a whole different perspective. I realized that there is no real concrete answer, that a Going back to the original topic, I want to close by saying, life isn't all about the money, don't work too hard that you're suffocating your own soul. Remember you're alive to live not to work yourself to death. On that note, words from Tiesto- Work Hard, Play Hard :)
To my readers,
-dreams are worth fighting for-
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