A Job a Week

So, I’m reading this book by Sean Aikin, about getting a job a week for 52 weeks. He’s still on the search, on the hunt, for what makes a career, or any job fulfilling. Many people are giving him advice... Do something that you believe is fulfilling, that makes a difference in the world. Be passionate about what you do. Working with people that you enjoy being around. Being good at what you do... So the key is finding that something that you love to do, that you are good at, that brings you a sense of fulfillment/mission/accomplishment... and go for it... That doesn’t seem too hard, does it??


Maybe the key is deciding on what it is that we are good at??? Is that part of our conundrum. We go through school and learn all sorts of things, and we get clear on those courses that we enjoy, and we get clear on where our highest marks are... but are those the things we are good at? What about being organized or self-disciplined or... Any of those other nebulous things that we aren’t tested for in highschool... What am I good at? What do I excel at? And what happens if you are good at a lot of things! That makes it even more challenging... Because we can mistake the things we are good at, for the things that we like. If I am good at things, and they come easy to me, then I might be tempted to think that I enjoy doing those things, because I get a sense of success and accomplishment out of it... But is that really what I’m looking for?

Interesting to think that there might be a perfect “something” out there for me... that I just need to step into creating... Because maybe the perfect career doesn’t even exist for us and what we really need to do is create it... create that job that we would be good at, and enjoy and have a sense of fulfillment with... Maybe that’s the key... But how do you know what it will be... if you have to create it... You have to think imaginatively... creatively...