I’m one of those very lucky people who absolutely love what they do for a living. There is no career better suited to my eccentricities, strengths, and passions than that of a children’s book author.
Interpretation
Finding a career that aligns with your passions and strengths is a fortunate situation.
In this quote, Mary Pope Osborne expresses her gratitude for being able to pursue a career that not only fulfills her but also matches her unique personality traits and interests. By identifying herself as lucky, she highlights the importance of passion in one’s professional life, suggesting that true happiness in work comes from doing what one loves.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing careers based on passion.
I discovered writing children's books was a way to keep living in my imagination like a child. So I wrote a number of books before I started 'Magic Tree House.' Then, once I got that, I never looked back because I could be somewhere different in every single book.
Writing is a miracle. You can travel anywhere in the world, to any time and any place — and still be home in time to have dinner.
Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
Our career is not something that we go out and *find.* Your perfect career is something that emerges from deep within you. When you are aligned with the truth within yourself, then you magnetize people and circumstances which align with that truth.
Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.
Putting lifestyle first is how you find a job - not a calling.
There are many more jobs out there than you have ever heard of. Your dream job might not yet exist. If you had told 'College Me' that I would become a professional YouTuber, I would've been like, "That is not a word, and it never should be."
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