Is it Time to Choose a Different Career Path of Your Calling?

In this blog, we will check out what is calling, how to find your calling, and if you should pursue it as a career. Well then, let’s get going-

What is ‘Calling’??

Huhh…!! So simple question yet, so difficult to answer.

The word ‘Calling’ is quite appealing, isn’t it? That’s why we become fascinated by it and start having goosebumps as soon as we think about it.

We are always surrounded by two kinds of choices, one that we want to make and the second that we need to make, and these are two very ‘very’ distinct circumstances.

It is as simple as this- you need money to support your family, to pay your expenses, to earn a better future, etc. thus, you take a job. Sometimes, this job is from your own choosing and at others, just another way to earn money. It is one of those ‘needed’ kinds of things.

The things we want to do and able to do become our Calling or so it is said. The concept of calling can be understood by considering these three terms-

• Job: A job is a means for money and security. The people who consider their work as a job are only looking for a paycheck, and after done for the day, they wrap up quickly to enjoy their remaining day.
• Career: Another kind of people consider their work as a career. Well, a career is the mark of one’s achievements and development. It is something they were preparing for and now proud to be pursuing it, at last. Though they are also working for the paycheck but with the genuine consideration of advancement in their efforts.
• Calling: Then, there comes this third kind of people who consider their work as their ‘calling’. A calling is the means of purpose and joy. It enhances the spark within you. These people are doing what they love doing and want to be defined by it only. They not only enjoy their job but also feel it deep inside with supreme enthusiasm.

The work in which you find purpose, which you don’t want to quit, which is your identity, in which you wish never to be retired because then you’re afraid that you’ll lose your very identity — is your Calling.

It’s like a strong impulse driving you onward to take a specific course of action toward a particular vocation.

Mind it, your passion is not your calling. Not always, at least.

Let’s suppose, you are really crazy about writing, but you can’t turn it into your practical work because you don’t have the required skills. It’s just a frantic chase that will end nowhere.

So, you see? Though writing was your passion but not your calling and if you have pursued this career you would have ended up trapped within an unknown territory, regretting it.

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How to Find Your Calling?

Some people find their calling at a very young age, some at their retirement, some in-between, and there are some in abundant numbers who spend their whole lives and never find it in their entire lifetime.

It’s not like someone else going to tell you what you should do, the voice within you is all you need. Hear it, heed to it, and work toward it.

Now, here are the right questions you need to ask yourself, and then, you might get your answers to find just the right job for you.

• Let’s suppose, money is not an issue- now think about the things you will want to do. What career will you choose then?
• Replay the flashbacks of your entire life and choose the moments when you were most excited and energized. Now, find out what things made you that excited?
• Analyze yourself and write down your skills and talents. Which of these skills have enough potential to make your everyday colorful your entire life?

I’m quite sure that one of these questions will finish off your pursuit.

When you, at last, find your calling, the days become more complete, fulfilling, you would work the whole day without a break and it wouldn’t matter, you would still be glowing with that spark of contentment.