Finding Your Calling: A Guide to Choosing the Right Career

choosing the right career

Many people entering the career world are lost as to what they want to do professionally. Deciding on the right career path is easy as pie for some and a nightmare for others. For many people, trying new things and learning more about themselves takes time and effort before they can determine which career is right for them. If you’re finding your calling, here is a guide to choosing the right career.

Consider Your Lifestyle

While the first step is identifying your general career interests, you also want to factor in your lifestyle and work-life balance. For example, if you like helping people, consider pursuing a medical degree and attending medical school.

However, if working long hours, taking the night shift, and spending a large portion of time in school studying and attending a medical assistant program are not things you want to do, you may do better in a field that is less demanding but still focuses on helping people, such as social work.

Find Your Interests

Consider the activities and subjects that you’re naturally interested in. Are you drawn to any line of study or craft? Keeping tabs on your natural talents and abilities is another way to consider your interests and whether they play a role in your chosen career. If you aren’t sure of your current interests, now is the time to start exploring.

You should be willing to get involved and stay motivated if you want to experience what careers speak to you. Attend social events and volunteer opportunities and look into career development workshops near you.

If you make an effort to network, you’ll have a much easier time finding the interests that’ll lead you to a rewarding career path.

Think About Your Financial Goals

Moreover, your financial goals and taking care of your own wellbeing will also play critical roles in choosing the right career. Consider how much you prioritize your finances; is making a certain amount each year essential?

Understanding your needs, goals, and financial aspirations will give you more direction as to where to look for careers next.

Taking Your Time

You may feel some pressure to find a career path quickly. Although finding a rewarding career is super important, you don’t want to rush the process.

To find your true calling:

• Accept that the process will take time.
• Avoid settling for positions that aren’t giving you what you want in a career, and seek more fitting career opportunities elsewhere.
• Remind yourself that it is completely okay to take time searching for the right career.

Ultimately, you want to feel satisfied with your career, so don’t rush into it and end up regretting your decision.

Look For Guidance

In addition to your own efforts, seek career guidance from someone you trust. You might seek advice from a career mentor or something in your own life who has done well for themselves.

Read books that discuss how to find your dream job, and learn about different approaches to “climbing the latter” (whatever the latter means to you). Relying on others can help you navigate the career world and will make the process of determining your career path easier.

The Effort Is Worth It For The Right Career

Finding your calling is a complicated process. Unless you’re one of the few lucky individuals who’ve known what they’ve wanted to be since grade school, you’ll have to do a lot of work and contemplating before finding the career that is the right fit for you. Remember that the effort is worth it for the right position, as you’ll ultimately have a genuinely enjoyable career.

Gretchen Walker
Gretchen is a homemaker by day and writer by night. She takes a keen interest in life as it unfolds around her and spends her free time observing people go about their everyday affairs.