In the last time I’ve been thinking what a luxury my generation has. In the many countries we grew up, most of us could think about what we really want to do in life. The times when we continued our parents business are long gone. So we grew up with the question: What do you really want to do? As a kind of creative person ever since, but with no special talent, like music, painting or anything similar, I have come to the point to rethink this thing. In Brasil I actually live in a society where people don’t choose so much by following their heart, but also by following money. And maybe that is what is happening to me. Maybe I start to think about what value this and that work would give to my bank account (if I’d had any). But is this the right way? And who knows what is the right way? In the end all our lives will turn to ashes and memories of others. So, deciding doesn’t become easier in any society, neither in the German open one, nor in the Brazilian necessity orientated one.
Could anyone please give me a hint on what I am supposed to do in my short life?
Kika
2011/10/04 um 10:41
Wow, that’s what I’ve thought about lately, too. Well, to me it seems like we gotta find a balance between the two side. Sure we need money and thus gotta see what’s best for us to make a living; but we should see what we wanna do, too. Yes, maybe sometimes our aims are a lil high when we strive for something we really wanna do, something that kinda fills us with more than just duty… But, honestly, I think we shouldn’t lose the will to create and to follow our hearts completely. I sure do know work is not about fun. So I wish I had the balance between the two side since I tend to get lost in my own dreams and wishes sometimes and then I really try to remind me that I gotta relax more and that daily business might not always be as bad as I believe it to be just because it’s not what I really desire to do.
Well, sometimes I still wish I could make money with my creative side.
And, by the way, sometimes I think time just makes it harder. The more we think about it, the less we know what we should do.
Maybe it’s just a part of adapting?
Good luck dear.