All your life, you’re told that if you work hard, study hard, play hard and keep trying that you can accomplish anything in life. Sometimes all of those things don’t seem to make any difference in the course of direction that you’re headed. At times, you feel like everything that you are working hard for just isn’t going to come or that maybe there are other ways to achieve those goals.
Some people find a vocational career is more suitable for them. Gaining and learning the minimum skills required to achieve a title, a pay raise, or a salary to just live a more comforting life doesn’t seem too bad. Remember, though, that minimum you just learned is going to get you that, just the minimum.
Going hard in your education is easier said than done, and any true college student can agree. Being able to give 100 percent of yourself to your school life, while staying at 100 in your personal and social life is conflicting. Having to choose between a party where all of your friends that you haven’t seen in years are going to be and an easy 600-word essay on a subject of your choice is harder than it seems. It isn’t the fact that the essay is easy; what’s difficult to determine is whether it will be accurate, clear, understandable, and correct?
The difficulty in deciding whether to remain in school or just work enough to pay your rent and bills is a constant thought that goes through your head. Even with pressure from your family to either finish school or get a good job, the stress weighs heavy not only on your mind but physically it can be exhausting. It almost feels as if your being pulled into different areas and everyone seems to want something from you, and you’re barely keeping up.
Motivation is great when it’s wanted, and there are times when motivation is not enough to get you through some tough times with work and school pilled on top of that. So settling is not an option, especially when you feel at your lowest.
As long as you live, your dreams will grow and change with you, and your goals will always advance to a level in life that you find suitable. Working a 9-5 job is necessary in order to survive in this world, but you don’t have to be miserable working for a difficult boss who doesn’t give you time and a half for working on Christmas day.
Feeling comfortable in a job enough to climb the ladder is not a bad decision, but why would you? The one thing to remember is you will not be working hard for your goals and dreams you will be working hard for some else’s.
Now, learning the ropes in a profession that you love in hopes to advance so you can end up owning your own business is another goal that can be yours.
Some people may have the same goals and dreams but some are more determined than others, and we all go after them differently. Either way, education will always be a necessity in order to advance in life. What kind of education you gain and what you learn does matter, and settling for a minimum education from a vocational school will get you the minimum in life whereas gaining education of a specific job in a specific career will help you to excel in that line of work.
Allow yourself to explore your mind by taking different courses in college and see what you grow to love. Maybe what you thought you wanted isn’t what you’re passionate about. There is nothing wrong with figuring your life out while going to school.