Now what?" - There is probably no person who, at least once in his life, did not ask himself this famous question. All of us during our lives flock to the crossroads that paralyzes us for a moment and makes us wonder well which way to continue the adventure. It is that crossroads from which many roads spring, each of which is at the same time attractive and repulsive and full of weeds, but also sprinkled with roses. One of such crossroads is choosing a life vocation and a job we want to do, a crossroads where many elementary and high school students stand today, but also those who once, at this crossroads, chose the wrong path.
If you or someone close to you has just reached this crossroads, your main occupation is probably to choose an education that will give you one of the better positions in a quality company in the future or an education that will make you a good entrepreneur. Probably most of you at that crossroads fantasize about how to choose a call that will bring good earnings. So, there is nothing wrong with a person striving to acquire material wealth in order to provide a decent life for his family and himself.
In addition to measuring future education by earning potential, you can also ask yourself the following question: "Which of the world's problems would you like to solve?". Is it the problem of hunger, illness, the problem of bad interpersonal relationships, the problem of bad education, bad financial situation… Fortunately (but also even more unfortunately), there are too many problems, so you have a huge choice of problems - it is up to you to choose one , declare war on him, and then start fighting for a better world. If you think carefully about everything and about yourself, answer most honestly what is the problem you want to solve and your journey will get a goal. And when you get the goal, you will easily choose the right path. Then it will no longer matter whether and how long the road is passable; for the right goal he walks proudly on thorns. So, choose your goal wisely, breathe meaning into your life and be ready to step into changing the world.
Here are some practical examples to decide what job you want to do, or how to think when choosing a future job:
► If you want to solve the problem of unemployment and bad financial situation in your environment, you can choose entrepreneurship as your life's calling. This is certainly a very demanding path, but if you are persistent and diligent enough, you can start your own company. In this way, you could hire new people and thus reduce the number of unemployed, and thus make life much easier for employees and their families and help them financially. Not to mention that you would benefit from this financially as well - so it would be a double win.
► If various diseases, which make people's lives difficult, are a problem you want to fight, then you should definitely embrace medicine as your life's calling. Take the thorny path, save human lives and take care of the sick.
► If you are a fan of information technology, you can choose programming and develop software that will make people's everyday lives easier.
► If you think that there are bad interpersonal relationships in the world and you want to solve that problem, let your life vocation be education. Because, as Nelson Mandela would say, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world."
And finally: When you stand in front of a crossroads where you need to choose a life calling, think carefully and honestly answer to yourself what is the real problem in the world, when you want to solve it. From the answers you give yourself, new questions and ideas will be born that will take you to an unforgettable adventure, where you, as the main character, will create a better world.