Goals have always been
of importance to me. In reality, everyone makes goals whether they realize it
or not. They may be called resolutions as in a New Year’s resolution I had for
the year, but realized it would be very difficult to accomplish—read at least
one book every week. They may be referred to as “what I would like to
accomplish…” such as something to do with a sport—I would like to accomplish an
Ironman one day. They may be referred to as something one would like to
complete, for example completing a task at work. However it may be, we set
goals for ourselves all the time. Up until a few years ago, I did not realize
how goal-oriented I am…or was.
A long time ago, I
must have been about 7 or 8 years old, I decided I was going to be a doctor.
For a good portion of my “juventud,” I believed that being a pediatric
orthopedist was my future profession. As high school came along, I was
fascinated by the brain and psychology, therefore my “new” future profession
was pediatric psychiatrist. I knew that no matter what I wanted to work with
children. Additionally, when I was younger, I thought the only way I could
really help someone or “fix” someone was by being a doctor. When I finally
studied a little more about medicine and about the medical field in college, I
was unfortunately disheartened by my own feelings when I realized I, in fact,
do not want to be a doctor. I love learning. I love learning about the human
body and I love learning about how it can be treated, even if I do not believe
in some of the treatments we depend on now. However, I realized that the
medical field was not the area that I wanted to dedicate my adult life to. I
finished my pre-medicine courses and I took the MCAT, just in case. Although,
it was a difficult time…something that I had been so determined to accomplish
was something I realized was not right for me.
I thought about this
the other day when speaking to one of the many knowledgeable and intelligent
people I am surrounded by here in Cafayate. These people are successful, and to
tell you the truth, they seem pretty happy with what they do. Granted, they are
very much entrepreneurial, which is unfortunately a trait that I do not have. I
love speaking with them and learning from these people because, honestly, they
have a lot to offer. It all boils down to focusing on what one is good at, what
one has passion for, and what one likes to do. And that, my friends, is
probably the most difficult to ultimately decide. What do I like to do? What am
I passionate about? What am I good at doing? Honestly, I feel as if I am
mediocre at a lot of things. There has got to be something I am really good at,
but what is it? I guess this is the ultimate question that we all have to
figure out for ourselves—what is it about me that is special enough to be a
product in order to share with others?
K bye.
No comments:
Post a Comment