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I agree with your observation. What I find interesting is that most people I know don't actually 'follow their dreams'. They do apply the principle on a surface
by hilko 14y ago
I agree with your observation. What I find interesting is that most people I know don't actually 'follow their dreams'. They do apply the principle on a surface level, but in actually just kind of stumble through life, often unhappy that they didn't quite 'realize' these vague non-specific dreams.
On the other hand, I have a number of friends who did follow their dreams. Their dreams often changed, were often crazy, but they had them, and worked relentlessly toward them. And they achieved a lot.
And finally I have friends who don't really have much of a dream that they want to follow, and they seem pretty happy too.
The problem is that many people apply a watered down version of 'follow your dream' that really is nothing more than 'do what you like'. Those are two different things.
I personally feel that it is possible to follow your dream, if you have one, but only if you realize that you might not make a living, you might be unhappy for long stretches of time, and it will cost. But I've seen so many people who went through hell following some crazy dream, but even in the process, and especially if their dream led them somewhere, they seemed somehow happier. Including the homeless broke ones.
- kamaal 14y ago>>The problem is that many people apply a watered down version of 'follow your dream' that really is nothing more than 'do what you like' In many cases passion simply refers to a person's, least area of incompetence.
- intended 14y agoThis is discussing strawmen though. If you look at the original article its clear that there are CPAs who are out of jobs. Given just the collapse of the bubble along with the addition of new people into the market; there are now many people who aren't holding a job, while people are holding jobs they are overqualified for while crowding out others. The article may focus on the homeless, but as has been mentioned its part of a larger problem in America, which consists of cold macroeconomic factors that care little if your dream was to do finance, be a lawyer or write a novel.
- hilko 14y agoWhy strawmen, exactly? I'm not disagreeing with you; it's true that following your passion is often difficult, or even impossible. I was just interested in discussing the passion angle of this story, because passion, in the strongest sense of the word, is a fascinating variable in this context. Passion can make a person content (to a degree) despite being dirt-poor, and passion can even bring a person out of squalor. And for some, not everyone, taking that passion seriously can be quite beneficial. You might disagree, or consider the topic irrelevant, but how are we discussing strawmen?