A Peculiar Career Choice Quiz
Without a Career Finder Test
This is not an ordinary career choice quiz where I’ll ask you your preferences and say – you are perfect to be a mathematician or you’re going to be a doctor. That would be too simple. ;)When I chose a career for myself as a writer on this site, I asked myself many questions. Though I don’t remember the exact ones, I want you to ask yourself similar questions that I’ve written down here.
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I think if you ask yourself each question and then take around 5 minutes to genuinely think of or write an answer to each question, you’ll really get closer to what you want. Write real answers– I mean it’s for you right, no one else is going to read those answers. So you can just write down what you truly feel.I definitely got closer to what I wanted after asking stuff like this to myself. :)
The Career Choice Quiz
What do I really want from a career?
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So what career options do I have?
Why is it necessary that I choose only from these career options when my criterion is that I like doing something and get money from it? Why should I choose only between a, b, c and d?
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If I admit it only to myself – would I really like to become a, b, c or d? If there were better options, would I really choose to become a,b, c and d?
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Since I do not anyway really want to become a, b, c and d – let us get to the basics. I want to do what I like and earn money. What do I like doing?
How can I earn money using any of these things?
But if I try hard for a long time, I will somehow be able to make money doing these things I like. Then even if it takes 5 years for me to earn money from doing what like, I will indeed be very happy doing it, won’t I?
How about following any conventional career or continuing to do what I am doing and parallely exploring options to make money from what I like doing?
The quiz is over. Think about it - how could you do what you like doing and make money from it? Even if it takes years, you could keep thinking of ways to make money doing what you like as you pursue a conventional degree or career.
My Career Choice Quiz
If I go back in time, here’s what I think I would have written in answer to these questions:What do I really want from a career? I want to do something I enjoy and earn money. So what career options do I have? I can become an IAS officer, or a management executive after completing my MBA or a scientist after completing my MS. Why is it necessary that I choose only from these career options when my criterion is that I like doing something and get money from it? Why should I choose only between an IAS officer, a management executive and a scientist? Yes, there is no compulsion. Just that everybody is choosing them and it is easy to make money in these careers. If I admit it only to myself – would I really like to become an IAS officer or a management executive or a scientist? If there were better options, would I really choose to become a,b, c ? No. In fact, if I speak very truly, I am not really interested in becoming a scientist or a manager. Just that I feel – they are the only options I have – if not them – then what? Since I do not anyway really want to become a scientist, manager or an IAS officer – let us get to the basics. I want to do what I like and earn money. What do I like doing? 1) I love personal development. Like if I get angry, I’ll try to think – ‘why did I get angry?’ – ‘could I choose to not angry?’ – and weird things like that. Or if I sense that I am afraid of telling a girl she is beautiful, I’ll try to do it despite being afraid – just to overcome the fear. Basically exploring living and finding out more about what the heck I am doing here. 2) I love meeting new people. Like if I am at a marriage party and I don’t know anyone, would love to walk up to a random stranger and say – 'Hi, what do you do?' 3) I like writing simple, rhyming poems. Here’s
one on this site.
4) I love anchoring on stage. Whenever I’ve anchored a quiz or a ceremony in the past, I’ve been on a high. 5) I love traveling. The experience of meeting new people and experiencing a new culture. And visiting new places. 
How can I earn money using these things? I can start my personal development website where I'll write what I learn about life and earn money through advertisements. I can also offer to anchor at different events and quizzes. One day I can conduct my own innovative workshops. But I don’t know if I will earn enough money and don’t even know by when. But if I try hard for a long time, I will somehow be able to make money doing this and that. Then even if it takes 5 years for me to earn money from doing what like, I will indeed be very happy doing it, won’t I? Yes…Eventually I will find my ideal career – doing what I like and earning money. But it is tough and what will I do till then? How about following any conventional career or continuing to do what I am doing and parallely exploring options to make money from what I like doing? Yeah, I can continue studying paper science which I am studying now and continue developing my site because I like doing it.
Chris Guillebeau,
Steve Pavlina,
and
Leo Babuta
– they’re three inspiring people who’re doing what they like, and making money. They inspired me. :)Ta ta. :)
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