“Career Fullfilment and Who I am”
During his life a person passes several significant stages, which direct his thoughts and actions and lay the ground for his future. One of such stages is work and career – a person decides what he/she wants to do until the rest of his life (or at least at that moment of life) and devotes almost all his/her time to this occupation. No wonder, it turns out one of the most difficult decisions of a person, what to do and what he/she wants to achieve in the end. That’s why it’s extremely important to make a choice which you will not regret. This choice is often affected by our present and past, by people we met and things we did. My essay is also focused on my persona; life and its influence on my preferences and ideas about my job. Certain life events have brought me to this or that decision which have predetermined my judgments.
My life experience has brought me to thinking about psychology as my major. First of all, my family situation has never been calm and stable, especially when I was a child, which became a driving factor in my formation – I have learnt to adapt myself to most circumstances, make right decisions, and keep calm mind in critical situations. Thus, I can face stress with ready coldness and chill and find the way out even when nothing seems to save me.Secondly, one of my family members has been suffering from internal (and maybe mental) problems, particularly, depression, for a long time, and I have reached a certain level of sympathy to people. On the one hand, this event made my life harder, but at the same time I learnt compassion and in the due course – working in a team, getting on the right side of people, and communicating with them. As far as I know, such skills are essential for a good psychologist and any doctor, in general. So, even bad events can teach us something good and helpful.
Along with my personal life, I already have some work experience behind me, which has also contributed to my resolutions. In my past I used to work in the sphere of fashion. I can surely say that it was a good experience for me, since I had rich experience of interaction with other people and other cultures and especially – with their inner world through their creations, i.e., clothes and accessories. It was als a kind of psychological analysis to watch people expressing themselves through other things. Just as we look at a picture and try to find the writer’s soul and personality in the paint and the brush’s movements, we can find a designer’s inner side in his/her works, which appears to be a very interesting analysis. So, I believe that my previous work experience has also added to my preparation for the profession of a psychiatric and a doctor, not from the professional side, but from the human one. Furthermore, the fact of previous work at all has charged me with certain skills available only to experienced people – hardworking, organizational skills, etc.
Thus, on the one hand it may seem that my previous job and my desired sphere are far from each other, but when we analyze them and my own readiness for changing the major, we find out that they both deal with the study of human behaviour as a complex and engaging process, for which I have a number of suitable talents and skills. Moreover, it is personally important for me as a person who wants to help his dear people. I hope to direct all my forces and power to learn to understand people and help them with their problems, be it physical or mental ones. In general, it is an interesting experience which can help me to understand the society better and try to introduce some changes, which will turn the world to the right path. Finally, it can aid me in becoming a better person.
