"In the next few years, we will spend 8,000 hours working and only 8 thinking about our futures."
My first thought: I hope I get paid for my next 8,000 hours of work.
Then the questions started coming to mind: Why wouldn't someone think about his or her future? Is it that he is fulfilled and doesn't want anything else? Or is it that work isn't included in her vision for the future? Does he just not take the time?
Or, what I've found to be the real answer among my friends: their lives are so full of tasks and running around for other people that they never stop to think about what it is that they really want for themselves.
If people only spend 8 hours thinking about their future, I don't even want to imagine the number of minutes they spend pursuing their future.
I must admit, I literally spend every spare minute I have thinking about my future. It has become somewhat of an obsessive behavior - How does this help me? What will this mean later?
I want my work to mean something, and so I think about what I really want to do with my life. After thinking, I pursue opportunities that will help me get to where I want to be.
Though my current job is incredibly fulfilling, it is only a stepping-stone. My work with youth provides me with the freedom to think, the opportunity practice idea generation and development, and the purpose I need to get up and go to work each morning.
I hope to someday be in a position where my job is working with artists, helping them generate, develop, and manage projects.
Then the questions started coming to mind: Why wouldn't someone think about his or her future? Is it that he is fulfilled and doesn't want anything else? Or is it that work isn't included in her vision for the future? Does he just not take the time?
Or, what I've found to be the real answer among my friends: their lives are so full of tasks and running around for other people that they never stop to think about what it is that they really want for themselves.
If people only spend 8 hours thinking about their future, I don't even want to imagine the number of minutes they spend pursuing their future.
I must admit, I literally spend every spare minute I have thinking about my future. It has become somewhat of an obsessive behavior - How does this help me? What will this mean later?
I want my work to mean something, and so I think about what I really want to do with my life. After thinking, I pursue opportunities that will help me get to where I want to be.
Though my current job is incredibly fulfilling, it is only a stepping-stone. My work with youth provides me with the freedom to think, the opportunity practice idea generation and development, and the purpose I need to get up and go to work each morning.
I hope to someday be in a position where my job is working with artists, helping them generate, develop, and manage projects.
Anyways, I'm not sure if there are any sources to back my friend's comment. I just think it's interesting that most people willingly go to work every single day without considering where it is taking them.
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When you think about your future, do you see yourself answering the phone for Wells Fargo?
If not, what will it take for you to pursue what you really want to do?
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