Is It Time To Start Following Your Dreams And Find Your True Calling?

"Jovy, you have to learn the ropes of running the business, because someday it will be yours." My mother once said to me. "But mom, it is not my field of interest". I replied. "If you won't run it, who will? Do it to survive" was her quick repartee. That conversation took place a long time ago and became the basis of my career choice.


I formally took over my mother's business when she passed on. I learned all the skills and worked on it as what an obedient daughter to her mother should. It was more of an obligation for me to continue a family legacy, than supposedly pursue it out of fiery passion or at least a subtle hint of enthusiasm.


Throughout the years, there was this nagging emptiness that was going on inside of me. Thinking, how sad it would be if i'm never going to follow what i was meant to do.


 Finally, I decided, i don't want to be stuck in a job i really don't care about. I don't want to be the person who drums his fingers on the table waiting for the clock to tick five in the afternoon and goes out of the office as if his hair was on fire. How many do you know who is just merely spinning wheels  just to get by?


What i do want is to get involve in a vocation where in, i don't have to look forward to the weekend because going to work feels like it is a weekend everyday. The work itself is the reward. Doing something you love makes you go the extra mile and put the hours in. You want to study and learn all about it. Even dream about it at night. It makes you want to say "Thank God it's monday!"


It took years of deep soul searching, praying, skills assessing (via reading the book What Color Is Your Parachute by Richard Bolles) and trying a series of forgettable jobs, to discover my one true passion. This time, i'm being true to myself and followed what my heart says. I am telling you it is deeply fulfilling and finally i can feel a sense of belonging.


At the risk of sounding like a cheesy self help douchebag i am compelled to personally convince anyone to go follow your dreams and find your true calling. That's my personal credo and my lifetime mission statement. There is no greater shame in life than never giving your dreams a real shot.


Do something you half-love and you only work on it with half-effort. It is a waste of time working on anything other than what you love most.