C
Catholic_Mike
Guest
This isn’t about religious vocations per se, but is partly related.
The majority of my friends and acquiescences are in their mid-to-late twenties, and it seems like almost all of us are confused about what we want to do for a career. Some have graduated from college and some are even working in the field they majored in, but even they aren’t sure. Others have had jobs just to get by but are now looking to go back to school and get a degree and start a career. But almost nobody seems to know what they really want to do! I know one person with passion and a dream of being a doctor, but she’s an exception to the rule.
Is this how it’s always been, or is it just the result of a spoiled generation with choice anxiety? Is there any way out of this trap?
Should people just lower their expectations - and say, well work is fundamentally toil made necessary by The Fall and you can’t really expect everyone to passionately love what they are doing, so just find a job to make money and do meaningful things you like on the weekends? I have one friend who is doing a job he is so-so about so he can make a lot of money, retire early, and then do something he cares about.
Do those of us who are fortunate enough to have access to education, have a responsibility to use it in some way?
Do you think God has a plan for each of us as far as careers go, or is there just a range of equally good options?
Opinions? Ideas? Resources? (Anything that would also be applicable to answering questions such as “how do I know God’s will regarding the question of whether I should be ‘just friends’ with so-and-so and give up the hope of a relationship that might lead to marriage, or continue to try and be committed to her in my heart”) will receive bonus points.
The majority of my friends and acquiescences are in their mid-to-late twenties, and it seems like almost all of us are confused about what we want to do for a career. Some have graduated from college and some are even working in the field they majored in, but even they aren’t sure. Others have had jobs just to get by but are now looking to go back to school and get a degree and start a career. But almost nobody seems to know what they really want to do! I know one person with passion and a dream of being a doctor, but she’s an exception to the rule.
Is this how it’s always been, or is it just the result of a spoiled generation with choice anxiety? Is there any way out of this trap?
Should people just lower their expectations - and say, well work is fundamentally toil made necessary by The Fall and you can’t really expect everyone to passionately love what they are doing, so just find a job to make money and do meaningful things you like on the weekends? I have one friend who is doing a job he is so-so about so he can make a lot of money, retire early, and then do something he cares about.
Do those of us who are fortunate enough to have access to education, have a responsibility to use it in some way?
Do you think God has a plan for each of us as far as careers go, or is there just a range of equally good options?
Opinions? Ideas? Resources? (Anything that would also be applicable to answering questions such as “how do I know God’s will regarding the question of whether I should be ‘just friends’ with so-and-so and give up the hope of a relationship that might lead to marriage, or continue to try and be committed to her in my heart”) will receive bonus points.