People underestimate just how important being in the right career is. Your job is where you will literally spend the majority of the hours in your day every week, every month, for years - YIKES! Yet, it's mind-boggling to know that so many people are willing to endure a detrimental work environment for reasons that aren't always worth the stress, pain and frustration.
Sometimes your heart is screaming for you to make one decision and your brain is convincing you to make another. So, what to do? Ask yourself these introspective questions to decide if the career you're in is right for you:
1. When you're annoyed, pulling your hair out and your boss is working your very last nerve, what aspect of your job gets you out of bed in the morning? - There must be something about doing what you do that brings you joy. This is what you grasp onto when everything else is going haywire.
2. Are you able to see the impact (direct or indirectly) of your work and serve a purpose through your work? - It's reassuring to know who benefits from the work that do and it will give purpose to your role specifically.
3. Is there room for you to grow professionally and as a person in your career? - Unless you're the CEO of your company, it's almost impossible in this day and age to stay in the same role forever, so knowing what the possibilities are for your next level will help you make a decision for the present.
4. Is work/life balance possible? - You can't serve anyone without taking care of yourself physically and emotionally, so your career must respect boundaries outside of the workplace.
Take the time to honestly answer these questions and I guarantee you'll be leaning more towards a clear understanding of if the career you have is right for you. Not in your career yet? No problem, take this career quiz from The Princeton Review to see what careers fit your personality and personal interests. You'll be one step closer to figuring out your dream job!
https://www.princetonreview.com/quiz/career-quiz
-Candace Elena