How to Follow Your Dreams for the Responsible Person

 

There are always so many articles. blogs. quizzes, celebrities and etc. that tell you life is too short, you need to take risks, follow your dreams and don't look back. After listening or reading that life changing advice, a rush of certainty and confidence courses its way through your veins, giving you that little push over the edge that you needed to take off and soar.  So the next day you wake up, put on your button up shirt, that rips off easily, so that when you walk into your bosses office and scream, "I quit! Peace!" the buttons don't pop off, because hey, you just quit your job, you're going to need that shirt. To many people this is an endearing, distant thought that will never cross their mind, let alone actually come into reality for them. Then there are those few rarities that come into our world enriching it with empowerment, determination, and an attitude that'll stick it to the man and say, "take this job and shove it!" And beyond the conformants and the rebels there lies a group of people that are right smack dab in the middle. The people that have the burning aspiration to stand up to their boss, but also has that little voice in their head that reminds them, "you have bills, a family, a great credit score, and you have to be able to afford your morning mocha splash caramel latte with extra foam and whip."  To those people, don't feel that you are alone, I'm actually one of you. I know what it’s like to have the discouragement, the feeling of being underappreciated, and knowing deep down that you're better than the label on your work badge. The conformants and rebels are both admirable types of people to be, but if you're like me you are the best of both worlds. You have the passion and the fire of the rebels but you have the strong head on your shoulders that the conformant has. You are a hybrid, flaunt it. The best way to appease both the rebel and conformant inside is to use the job you tolerate to lead you to the career you aspire to obtain. Work hard and save the money you need to fuel the job that you love.  This isn't going to be easy, who said life ever was? This is something you are going to have to work at every single day, if it's what you want. Be determined, keep dreaming, and let nothing in your way. Be smart about your strategic career choices, but also remember when enough is enough. Finally keep in mind when it is your most opportune time to take flight and soar and don't let it pass you by, you've worked too hard.