How to plan for which career and work to do or which field to study
Finding something you love doing. One must study, aspire for a career or work that one is capable of doing instead of their Interests passion and dreams. Interest as a basis for deciding ones career, work or professional studies is overpowering factor since its easier for an Individual to get swayed by their passion, likes and dreams. Deciding ones field out of Interest may sound easy & happy way forward but may turn problematic in the later years ….
PHILOSOPHY
Deepak Bhatia (Counseling Psychologist)
10/3/20243 min read


Finding something you love doing versus what is you are skill at doing best in life
Study, career, work that one likes and supports their Interests passion and dreams is the first choice in everyone's mind while deciding what to opt for.
Instead the right approach must be to find out about ones capabilities that is what an Individual is naturally blessed doing perfectly
Interest is Illusionary trap in career decision
Interest is simply defined as something that affords the basic feeling of happiness and gives ultimate satisfaction due to its very nature of fulfilling ones passion & also has the probability of fulfilling an Individuals dreams & aspirations in their career & work life.
Interest about doing anything lacks support of logic
While the interest factor is dominating in career decisions but once we try to base this definition of Interest on some definite logic we may struggle to justify the definition in applied or practical sense of things.
Interest may not yield success & happiness in careers
The real world is very much full of contrast in comparison to what the text books or theory may presuppose to the avid reader. To understand the hidden illusion within layman's understanding of Interest one must understand that there exists a hidden Illusion and In reality Interest may not yield that ultimate happiness that one my perceive as a result of general understanding. It may be possible that the satisfaction and happiness may vary in contrast to what was expected or it may totally change over a period of time.
Interest keeps changing with time and therefore unreliable parameter to decide about career
There may be several factors responsible for this change in the level of satisfaction or happiness that what was initially thought off when an Individual had taken up a particular vocation or field of study due to increasingly dominant attributions of feelings of happiness, passion etc. perceived in the past.
Reason for change in Interest about any work with passage of time
This variation may be due to the ever changing parameters of satisfaction that we humans may experience as we grow up or alternatively this may be due to better understanding in the present times due to maturity which was either absent or slightly less in the earlier time.
The other important factor due to which the Interest may differ in later years is change in trends . Yes work , profession and career interests also keep changing with passage of time. What seems to be trending now as a career may not be similar preference forty three years ago this my happen due to several factors that play a vital role in deciding the preference of people for opting for careers , professions or work of particular types. It is very much like trending clothes, food and accessories.
Be cautious of over depending on our Interest to decide about studies and career options
This makes It important that we must be cautious in deciding our preferences for a set of subjects to study, nature of professional work plainly out of Interest as this may be harmful and create a roadblock in future from where it may then seem difficult to return due to factors like age, responsibilities etc.
Avoid being overwhelmed about your Interests for deciding your future
We must not blindly fall prey to the attractive pull that interest dimension may exhibit while deciding our career and study preferences,
There is an urgent need of being more informed, cautious and little more logical then passionate about the careers or work we are trying to identify for ourselves.
Personality traits help in making right career choices
With little wisdom we may make a better career choice that is more balanced and appealing to our personality traits.
Interest is a dicey parameter to use as a sole criterion for career decisions
Interest may sound a good friend but there is a piece of cautionary advise that this association may not prove fruitful if over swept with passion there is need of being more judgmental and realistic in claiming to be interested In a set of subjects to study or deciding a particular career or work.