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Offbeat careers have always been viewed with suspicion; today, however, choosing what you love as your career has become much more acceptable - and profitable!
Offbeat careers have always been viewed with suspicion; today, however, choosing what you love as your career has become much more acceptable – and profitable!
Following through on what you love is one of the most difficult tasks for anyone, especially when it comes to the type of career you wish to pursue. Yes, society prefers kids to choose careers that are well-accepted by the majority; such as being a doctor, lawyer or an engineer.
Choosing an offbeat sort of career is definitely a bold step for any child, amidst so much social pressure. Even bolder and more difficult than that is to choose a career that is absolutely not in line with the degree you have been pursuing all your academic life.
It is a belief that such offbeat careers don’t bring in security in the life of the pursuer. The fact is, it is now that time when such offbeat careers are very much appreciated and are being welcomed in the industry. Most of these careers such as social work, painting, writing, photography to name a few have never got as much encouragement or financial success in the past. However, they are now getting recognised and have created a niche for themselves in the market.
I feel that one can be successful in his or her career no matter what the work is, but only when the person has an absolute passion and dedication towards it. As the saying goes, “When you love your work it doesn’t seem like work to you, it becomes a fun thing for you”
When a person loves the work, the talent and the ideas flow out from within on its own. One doesn’t need to force it to get that perfect idea. There are many reasons to choose such offbeat careers. Firstly, it gives you that satisfaction of fulfilling your own dream in your own way. Secondly, no work is bad; they are all unique in their own way. And there are always fat chances of success in that particular line. Thirdly, taking up something that isn’t been done till now gives you a fair chance to encash the benefits of being the early bird in that industry.
…taking up something that isn’t been done till now gives you a fair chance to encash the benefits of being the early bird in that industry.
Being a Masters in Computer Applications, working as a website content writer has been one of the toughest journeys for me. Not because I had any difficulty or faced any kind of hindrance entering into this world of writers; rather, the uneasiness lay in the kind of reaction I got from my surroundings.
Although it was a bit of a turn off initially, at the end what I rounded up to was that it is not they who are going to work; it’s me who has to work on it for the long term. How could I choose something for a lifetime that I could never accept somewhere deep in my heart? It is like choosing someone as your life partner with whom your emotions never clicked! Yes, I guess one’s profession plays as big a role as a life partner; it comes into your life before your better half arrives and will remain with you till the last phase of your life.
It is very important for everyone to understand that it is not only the money you earn that matters; money indeed does come as a part and parcel of any job you do, but the level of satisfaction, the happiness you get with what you love to do, and above all, the accolades for your work that come along with your good performance has no substitute.
First published at author’s blog
PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLOR FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS. MA PSYCHOLOGY, Diploma in Community Mental Health, NIMHANS Former Forensic Psychologist Intern. Former content writer. Double Masters in Computer Applications & in Psychology. B.A in Hindustani Classical Music. read more...
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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