People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. -G.B. Shaw, Mrs. Warren's Profession, 1893
I almost feel greedy & selfish sometimes, how zealously I pursue my dreams. My dreams? Happiness in my profession; I want to make money (necessary for my lifestyle) and be happy doing so. I work to live, but I want more than that. I want to derive joy from my career. It sounds really selfish to me sometimes, but as far as I know, I only have one life to live. I refuse to live to work. So I spent my years at A&M studying topics of interest to me without the promise of a lucrative career. I toil in a job right now that does not bring me the desired joy, so I'm back in school pursuing more avenues for happiness. SOMETHING WILL LAND ME A DAMN CAREER IN WHICH I WILL BE HAPPY. :P
If that doesn't work, I'll just keep going. I refuse to lament my current situation without seeking refuge from it. I will make myself a new context in which I find my happiness. I'm as bad as the nomadic Beats journeying after the elusive It; however, my It is simply doing something I love. I do what I want and I will make it happen. If one option falls through, I rejoice in the experiences along the way and keep on going. I have found so many things which pique my interest, so many fields I'm fascinated by.
In other words, I have so many options. :)
I pursue my dreams by creating my own circumstances, by doing what I want. I want to work hard and obtain the necessary education to reach those goals. I can do it! I will do it!
I hope I win the lottery someday so I don't have to work and I can just a professional student ;) That would be the perfect career.
Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use. ~Earl Nightingale
