so what do you want to be when you grow up?
a question that as a child is cute. A firefighter, a ballerina, a knight or a princess. But then in the teenage years becomes a source of anxiety. Suddenly at 15/16 years old you are expected to make big decisions on your career. For some this is easy. They know the path they want to take and take it. For others including myself we go for one career idea to another. Our education zig zaging across different subjects and still not knowing what the final subject should be. Yesterday I watched a TED talk by ..... And had a bit of a epiphany. For years this question has caused anxiety and at times depressive thoughts for me. My mum always knew what she wanted to be and my dad always tinkered with computers and electronics so they found their careers reasonable easy and both have been successful at what they do. What's wrong with having multiple pursuits instead of being what she refers to as a specialist. My partner is of a similar mindset. Throwing ourselves in to a project to then get bored and move on to another. The answer is there is absolutely nothing wrong. In fact the world needs a balance of multi-skilled and specialists. So maybe instead of asking what do you want to be when you grow up. Maybe we should ask. What are you going to be today?