Feb 21, 2021
Career Planings I Wish I Know Earlier In The 20s!
'20s Are The Base Of The Life'
My 20’s — evokes memories of fun, joy, many early days, including the first real work, being engaged, the first house, and many others. A time full of optimism and ambition and, at times, a decision-making method without guidance!
The period I followed the bandwagon and took career choices based on what others were doing and what was ‘anticipated’ from me rather than what actually made me feel!
In retrospect, I’ve experienced the hard way and wish I’d understood the next thing in my 20's!
1. Stability And Guaranteed Income Can Matter, It Pales In Comparison To Find Professional Fulfillment
At the time and place where I grew up, that was that we youths would prefer either an engineering or a medical career. The emphasis was more on long-term security and assured wages as offered by these careers.
As a consequence, by necessity, most of us have selected our educational degrees to fit with certain occupations.
What I have discovered now is that, as much as security and assured income matter, it pales in contrast to seeking professional fulfilment. Today, more than 70% of the population were stressed out and dissatisfied with their careers. As a job consultant, I get the chance to speak to a number of frustrated people.
In certain instances, it seems that their unhappiness is attributable to misaligned interests. We spend a substantial portion of our waking time at college. Therefore, the emphasis should be on feeling satisfied and content at work, not on looking for fancy titles and income. Luckily enough, when our goals are correct, those fancy names and monetary rewards will also fall!!
2. If we’re involved in anything, we do a lot better job than when we’re not.
Some of us in our 20’s sideline our passions. We conclude that our interest in art or music or something else is simply a passion and can be practised as a hobby. And we need a real work to support ourselves.
What I’ve found is that our desires are our portal to seeking a good career. When we’re involved in someone, we’re doing a lot better job than when we’re not. We’re putting our best foot forward. We feel confident when doing something that is of importance to us. The trick is not to be married to the notion of preserving oneself by our exact interest.
So, for example, if you’re involved in music and you’re also a good singer, being a sought-after singer is not your only option! Instead, you have different job opportunities in the music business!
Most people sometimes forget about this and totally give up on their field of interest, and then find themselves in unfulfilled employment.
3. I was hoping that my career would naturally advance
When I took a degree in engineering to seek my first career as an IT specialist, the planned direction was to advance down the conventional ladder — consultant, manager, Sr.manager, owner, VP, and so on. I’ve never spoken to someone at those stages, or for that matter to someone at the entry level place I’ve landed in! I didn’t have a roadmap or objective as such, and I believed that my career would naturally advance.
What I’ve found is that it’s crucial to schedule our careers. Having things to do, it encourages one to pursue inspiration and direction and to build a course for us to explore. Of course, our ambitions can never materialise at times, or we may shift direction when we obtain more insight. That’s all right and planned. When you hit the juncture on your path, change your goal and build a new strategy to get there!
4. Never settle in poor work and bad managers. Take a leap of confidence to run out of there.
In my twenties, I embraced situations without challenging them. If I was being handled differently at college, I felt terrible about it, but I never challenged it. When my employer said that I was half a day away from work at 5:30 p.m. when I returned at 8 a.m., I acknowledged it. When a former work forced me to move extensively to dangerous areas, I welcomed it. I’ve told myself that these are my best choices and that there’s nothing more out there for me. At first, I missed those warning signs that told me to run away from those areas and the supervisors. But once I did it, I remembered the umpteen possibilities out there!
What I’ve realised right now is never to sit down in poor positions and bad managers. Take a leap of confidence to run out of there. Simply placed, it’s really not worth your time! And change doesn’t always arise in these cases.
5. Complacency is the greatest adversary of us
In my twenties, I didn’t know many game-changers or individuals who broke the rules of culture and formed their own routes. In my myopic vision of the universe, I gladly agreed that you will get a position in the regular industry and remain there forever. I thought that complacency was the way to go, which was apparent all around me.
What I’ve discovered is to be a rule-breaker. Still push yourself and search for game-changers if you don’t realise you’re one. Study from them to see if they are changing the status quo of their professions. Complacency is the greatest adversary of us.
• Last Thought
After the See-Saw of the Life, Now I'm Practicing the Writing Skills, And have desire to becoming the Author of my upcoming Book in 2025! (I know, It's oo Far)
By Writing on the Medium in Every 2 Days, I'm on the way of My Life.
