Guest Blogger YPShaH has followed up her inaugural guest blog with another great blog touching on a great issue that many YPs have trouble figuring out and that’s exactly what is their passion in life. I was asked this problem last week and the question stumped me. I really couldn’t tell the gentleman that asked me this question exactly what my passion is thus I am having issues with this topic as well. But take time to read how YPShaH has dealt with figuring out her passion and doing something about it. Share your comments and thoughts YPs.
I remember growing up & always being asked “what do you wanna be when you grow up?”. It seemed as though there were endless possibilities. As if I could be ANYTHING. In elementary school the answer to that question varied from week to week. Once I got to high school it narrowed down a lot. I knew I wanted to write. It was the one thing I felt I had complete control over. I didn’t quite know what I wanted to write or the possible careers in writing but it was my passion. I participated in talent shows reciting poems that I had written myself, despite me being overwhelmingly shy, I had a great amount of confidence in my writing. In high school I was constantly reading & writing it kind of became what I was known for. Then one day I just stopped, I don’t know when or why.
Towards the end of high school I had no interest in college I didn’t really want to do anything. When I finally did go to college after taking some time off I majored in Psychology. Why Psychology? Well because I have this dire need to help people. I always find myself taking on others issues & trying to “fix” their lives. So I figured I wanted to be a psychologist. Here’s the problem, this fall semester will make 3yrs that I’ve been in school. I’ve taken all my required courses for my Associates in Psychology but I’ve changed my major back & for between Psychology & English at least 6 times, it has kind of set me back. I’m due to finish in this fall semester but that means it took me 3yrs to graduate a 2yr school.
Every semester I find myself getting discouraged because I’m no longer being asked “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I’m now being pounded with the question, “what are you going to do with your life?”. It frustrates me that I feel like I’m just going with the motions, I don’t really have a passion to be in school because I don’t know where I’m going with it. This passion of being a magazine editor comes and goes but when it comes it REALLY excites me. When I finally wrote my first article for YPBLOGSPOT, it sparked that passion. I spoke to my counselor at school and she’s given me ways I can tie in my psychology passion with my writing.
For the first time in 2yrs I feel like I have a plan. I actually have a plan & I can’t explain how amazing that feels. Some of us are still lost, just going with the motions doing “what we gotta do”. But YPs I feel as though we need to remember what our passion is, & if you don’t know then figure it out. Once you have that passion, YOU’LL KNOW. Then you Plan it & Own it. Things aren’t the same as when we were children but there are still endless possibilities! Although were already grown up we can still figure out “what we want to be”. Don’t settle for going with the motions & don’t get discouraged when you feel stuck or lost. Find your Passion & be what YOU WANT TO BE.
YPShaH, Young Professionals Guest Writer
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