Find your aspiration

Alexandre Dumas, a French writer best known for his romantic style, once said, “Living a life without a goal is like sailing on the sea without a compass.” To live a rich and meaningful life, we need a clear goal. Yet, when we are immersed ourselves in work and play, our goals become blurred, or even disappear.  If you are hesitating how to move forward, you can try below methods and find your aspiration.

Recall our original aspiration

Do you still remember what you liked to do when you were young and your parents had not yet intervened in your aspiration? For instance, once you took your pencil in hand at school, you could not help drawing on your textbooks, making them full of cartoons at every corner. Or you always wanted to tell jokes and every time you did this, you were just full of confidence and felt energetic. You were exceptionally satisfied when your classmates burst into belly laughs with your jokes. These things loved from childhood might become your job in the future as long as you are willing to insist, such as cartoonists or comedians. Donovan Mitchell, the U.S. NBA Utah Jazz, was very fond of basketball since young. He shared that he has been preparing for this moment since he was a child in the interview of 2018 Slam Dunk Contest after he won. It is indeed a happy thing that to turn your interests into a career and live a wonderful life that you are satisfied with.

Things that made you forget about time

Doing things that you like the most can make you forget about time. Some people feel painful to practise piano because their parents force them to do so. Nevertheless, if you really like playing piano, you will find time flies even playing for four to five hours. It is also not easy for you to quit. When hobbies are becoming fads, do you really love marathon, cycling, or you are just under the influence of the media or peers. Get some clues by considering whether you have enjoyed the process.

Original aspiration needn’t be graded but faithfulness matters

When we want to find out what lifestyle and goal we desire in life, we should not consider their practicality in the first place. The essence of recalling our original aspiration is not considering whether other people like it, or whether it is compatible with the world system or trend, but rather, its faithfulness. No matter how successful you are, you just feel empty and unsatisfied if you merely follow the social norm. As long as you are faithful to your original aspiration, be it trivial or not, it will bring you long-term happiness and positive outcome.

Earn a living from your original aspiration?

As time passes, occupations are becoming diversified. The interests or hobbies can’t earn money before can now bring you income. Who could foresee that playing electronic games now can be a career? Therefore, do not feel stressed even if you have not figured out what your ideal life goal is. What you could do, however, is to enjoy this adventurous journey in which you look for your original aspiration.