How to Know When You’ve Found Your Dream Job

Sometimes we spend so much time trying to land our dream job that once we get it, it can be hard to realize that we have it. Our dream jobs can also change. It might have been your dream job to work at Starbucks when you were young (I know it was mine). Today, however, you know yourself better, you’ve achieved much, and you have an altogether different dream job. Or maybe you don’t know what your dream job is. After all, it takes a lot of time and discernment to figure out what it is we’re supposed to do with our lives.

How Do You Find Your Dream Job

I think one of the biggest hurdles we face in finding our dream jobs is listening too much to other people. Society has its own expectations as to what the perfect career looks like. And that usually comes along with some level of prestige, a big pay check, and — for many — a good deal of misery. We also have ample friends and family who will tell us what their idea of a dream career is.

However, you aren’t society, and you aren’t your friends and family. What your dream career will look like will be unique to you. That doesn’t mean other people aren’t doing it, but it’s not necessarily going to be the thing EVERYBODY is doing. The world’s a big place and there is room for all sorts of different talents and skill sets out there.