The word 'CAREER' itself gets me on my nerves end and the past eight years I have been getting a dose of this word on a daily basis!!
So what exactly is this career? I have never seemed to get a grasp of its meaning or pertinence. At times I get so muddled in my head about this word that I start thinking that career means life and life means career. Or rather the society around me puts this muddled up definition in to my already muddled head😃
When I cleared my professional exams quite early in life, I thought my career's growth spike would never dip and I was on a career roller coaster ride. Good money, no obligations, complete freedom - what more could a person in their early twenties ask for!!?? But only when the basic materialistic needs are fulfilled that your mind and soul crave for the soul soothers and my soul was no different. Very early in my 'career' I decided to take a "Career Break"!
When I took this decision, was when all hell broke lose in my inner circle of folks. All kinds of suggestions and advises poured in as to why this break would ruin my career or maybe success was getting into me. Those advises and suggestions came from people who meant my well-being and were looking out for me.
Cutting the story short, at present I have come back to being a professional after almost 4 years of leaving my last professional job and after many job changes before that. My resume is an utter puzzle of numerous job changes with gap years in between.
But I can say this with a personal guarantee that getting back to the profession was not very easy but it was not impossible either. After a trying period of 4 months, I can easily say that I am quite okay and comfortable being back in the profession I first decided to quit around 7 years back.
And for all the years that I took a 'career' gap, I have undergone such amazing personally rewarding journeys that those gap year experiences has made me a much matured, more balanced and sensible human being who is in a better position to be called a 'Professional' now. I have realized one basic truth - every professional has its own requisite skill sets but the underlying foundation for all careers are innate human values - sensibility, maturity of mind, inner balance and ability to differentiate between your needs and wants!
For all those individuals who want to explore themselves but have been putting it on hold because of the fear of a 'career break', I implore you to get over the fear and begin that self-exploration journey, so as to come back to your career, if need be, with stronger human values which itself will ensure that your career gets rocketed faster due to your gap years rather than plummet due to them.
HAPPY CAREER BREAK!!!
So what exactly is this career? I have never seemed to get a grasp of its meaning or pertinence. At times I get so muddled in my head about this word that I start thinking that career means life and life means career. Or rather the society around me puts this muddled up definition in to my already muddled head😃
When I cleared my professional exams quite early in life, I thought my career's growth spike would never dip and I was on a career roller coaster ride. Good money, no obligations, complete freedom - what more could a person in their early twenties ask for!!?? But only when the basic materialistic needs are fulfilled that your mind and soul crave for the soul soothers and my soul was no different. Very early in my 'career' I decided to take a "Career Break"!
When I took this decision, was when all hell broke lose in my inner circle of folks. All kinds of suggestions and advises poured in as to why this break would ruin my career or maybe success was getting into me. Those advises and suggestions came from people who meant my well-being and were looking out for me.
Cutting the story short, at present I have come back to being a professional after almost 4 years of leaving my last professional job and after many job changes before that. My resume is an utter puzzle of numerous job changes with gap years in between.
But I can say this with a personal guarantee that getting back to the profession was not very easy but it was not impossible either. After a trying period of 4 months, I can easily say that I am quite okay and comfortable being back in the profession I first decided to quit around 7 years back.
And for all the years that I took a 'career' gap, I have undergone such amazing personally rewarding journeys that those gap year experiences has made me a much matured, more balanced and sensible human being who is in a better position to be called a 'Professional' now. I have realized one basic truth - every professional has its own requisite skill sets but the underlying foundation for all careers are innate human values - sensibility, maturity of mind, inner balance and ability to differentiate between your needs and wants!
For all those individuals who want to explore themselves but have been putting it on hold because of the fear of a 'career break', I implore you to get over the fear and begin that self-exploration journey, so as to come back to your career, if need be, with stronger human values which itself will ensure that your career gets rocketed faster due to your gap years rather than plummet due to them.
HAPPY CAREER BREAK!!!
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