Try too hard to find your purpose and you might miss it, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But wait too long for it to find you, and you could lose out
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I graduated from university a year ago, and while I have settled into a postgrad job that I am OK with, I have felt a deep sense of guilt and frustration since my late teens at not having an answer to the big question: what do you want to do with your life?
I realise much of this anxiety will come from pressure to be perceived as successful, feel financially secure and other factors, but there remains a deep-seated belief that to be truly happy, I need to find my “thing”. As a pessimistic and anxious person, I find flaws with most career paths in terms of their alignment with the missing “thing” I’m looking for. How do I reconcile the confusion with the inner child who expected more from myself?
Continue reading… Try too hard to find your purpose and you might miss it, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But wait too long for it to find you, and you could lose outRead more Leading questionsI graduated from university a year ago, and while I have settled into a postgrad job that I am OK with, I have felt a deep sense of guilt and frustration since my late teens at not having an answer to the big question: what do you want to do with your life?I realise much of this anxiety will come from pressure to be perceived as successful, feel financially secure and other factors, but there remains a deep-seated belief that to be truly happy, I need to find my “thing”. As a pessimistic and anxious person, I find flaws with most career paths in terms of their alignment with the missing “thing” I’m looking for. How do I reconcile the confusion with the inner child who expected more from myself? Continue reading… Careers, Life and style, Australian lifestyle
