Why Most People Don’t Live Their Dream Life
Here are the excuses and why you need to stop using them.
As college students, we are asked to select a major that defines what we want to achieve once we graduate.
It’s the first thing we asked someone when we meet them at school:
“Hi! I’m Taylor!”
“Hi I’m _____, what’s your major?”
We’re expected to know what we want to do with our lives by 18 — the age of adolescence and arrogance.
I remember picking my major because I wanted to be a naturopathic doctor. I had this whole plan to go to medical school, do a residency, and open a practice in Seattle, WA. It was a good plan. Lots of debt, however.
It wasn’t what I truly wanted, though. At 18, I thought I wanted it. But I picked it because it sounded like a significant achievement in a niche I’m interested in. I picked it because I could make lots of money and go to a job every day that helped people.
My intentions were good, but I lacked something — the dream factor.
I wasn’t asking myself the important question of, “What’s my dream job?”
This is the question I asked myself toward the end of my freshman year of college while back at home due to COVID-19.
