HOW TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO IN LIFE?
Someone recently asked me this question and it got me in a
tizzy. Isn’t life supposed to be easy? Why decide on life’s rhetoric questions?
But as it turns out, the world is not too kind to accept a
person who doesn’t know where he will be after 5 years. The world seeks
visionaries who can command and take us forward.
I believed I accepted this too. But after a lot of thinking,
I now have a different take on this.
In my opinion, asking this question isn't the way to go.
Finding what you want for real, is not an obligation, rather it’s a baggage. I
would rather concentrate on seeking what I like. There are hobbies and there is
passion. The difference between them and the importance they hold should be
known by all.
Ideally, the thing that you are most passionate about should
be the way to go (and an answer to this question too). But life is more
complicated than that. So, a major prerequisite is to decide priorities.
If your priority is money and fame in future, then you may
need a plan to move ahead. Strategy would be required as it’s hard to satiate
since there is no end to the accumulated wealth.
However, if one’s aim is happiness, then there is no need
for all the hoopla. Just rely on your passion, it will get you home.
Difference between aim and hobby in this context is that aim
is one or set of hobbies for which one is passionate upto that extent as Johny
Bravo was passionate about his looks.
Aims in our life keep us focused sharply while our hobbies
keep us stable. A synergy of both is a necessary prerequisite to a happy life.
Well, not exactly life, but they keep us satisfied while still wanting for more
in a sweet way.
Seek what you like rather than answering a much vaguer
question, finding answer to which is typically hard to find even for the mature
ones, let alone a confused teenager.
Life is really full of possibilities, if you have the
strength to believe so.
