You don't know what you want | Just Reflections - Issue #17
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Today I'm here to tell you that you don't know what you want. When we're kids, we are asked what we want to be when we grow up. We always linked our answers to some kind of job role. I want to be a firefighter; I want to be a doctor; I want to be a bus driver, etc. These were usually linked to a recent experience we had. Maybe there was a specific doctor in our lives we particularly admired and we thought being like them one day would be cool. Or we had recently watched a movie in which firefighters were heroic and we thought it would be really awesome to be as fearless and caring as the firefighters we saw. Or the driver of our school bus was a terrible driver, and we wanted to be a bus driver so that we can do a better job. Either way, who we wanted to be as children was closely related to our experiences. You couldn't have wished to be something you didn't know existed or was even possible. That basic principle is still true, even as adults.
You don't know what you want | Just Reflections - Issue #17
You don't know what you want | Just…
You don't know what you want | Just Reflections - Issue #17
Today I'm here to tell you that you don't know what you want. When we're kids, we are asked what we want to be when we grow up. We always linked our answers to some kind of job role. I want to be a firefighter; I want to be a doctor; I want to be a bus driver, etc. These were usually linked to a recent experience we had. Maybe there was a specific doctor in our lives we particularly admired and we thought being like them one day would be cool. Or we had recently watched a movie in which firefighters were heroic and we thought it would be really awesome to be as fearless and caring as the firefighters we saw. Or the driver of our school bus was a terrible driver, and we wanted to be a bus driver so that we can do a better job. Either way, who we wanted to be as children was closely related to our experiences. You couldn't have wished to be something you didn't know existed or was even possible. That basic principle is still true, even as adults.