It’s a good idea to decide what you want to do when you grow up at some point in your life. Even if you’re 40 years old. Until then, you are most likely the result of years in which life has lived you instead of you living it.
Ideally, you should find out sooner rather than later. But concerned about surviving in a country where election candidates are struggling in election campaigns like fourth-graders, it’s obviously more difficult.
Of course, it also doesn’t help that the education system fills you with a lot of useless information and successfully avoids those that might help you in one way or another to figure out what you want to do when you grow up or at least help you filter out the dozens of possibilities.
Starting from the idea of “Is your best good enough for you?” so you don’t become a PM in a multinational when, in fact, your vocation is to feed children in Africa or vice versa, I remembered the test that helped me a few years ago to leave the corporation and indulge in writing.
I might not share food, but I do share information, so here it is:
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test
The test is based on Jung’s theory and helps you understand how you perceive the world and how you make decisions. I will not go into detail because Wikipedia is already doing it very well.
I can add from my personal experience that after taking the test a few years ago, I met myself. I was reading the interpretation, and it was as if someone had opened my skull, pulled out the little that was there, and put it on the table in words.
You can take the free version. It takes about 12 minutes here: http://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test, and the interpretation is detailed enough to understand something. Of course, you can search for other sites. Or you can pay for the full version. Or you can go to a specialist. Your choice. Or you can do nothing. If you want to stay that way, stay that way!
I’m not saying it’s infallible. I’m not saying that’s it, you took the test, and your whole universe is changing. But that’s possible too. It helped me get on the right track. After all, with all the tests in the world, the truth lies in you. Someone smarter used to say (Google says Aristotle) “Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation. ”
So, go on and find it!
