Like everyone, I too was confused about what career path I should be marching on (honestly, I am still figuring it out 😁)

Few years back, I came across this small yet profound piece of advice that changed the way I perceived careers…

“Find something that allows you to express your intrinsic values.”

“Hmmm 🤔…”, was all that I said to myself.

But when I dug deeper into this, things started making sense, a lot of sense…

When I asked myself this question, I found a lot of such values coming to my mind.

After a lot of intropection, I was finally able to reach to the core of all these values.

From inside, I have always been looking for ‘freedom to explore’. No matter what I did, if there was something that did not allow for this, I changed my directions.

For example, just like most of the students in India, I went to tuition classes from class 9. But most of them never worked for me. I used to go there for some months, and then never went back.

Not because I did not enjoy studying or there was something wrong with the teacher. In fact, I was being taught by some of the best teachers in the city.

However, they somewhere restricted the freedom that was dear to me. I preferred learning on my own.

(Just to give you some context, I did pretty well in all my exams😄)

Same was the case with college.

During the pandemic, I came across entrepreneurship and freelancing.

To test the waters, I even worked on an education community for 6 months along with my friends. That was it. There was no going back now.

Entrepreneurship allows for a unique combination of freedom, no set rules, exploration, and lots of fun!

Same goes with freelancing.

Because it is aligned with my values, I don’t need to look for external motivation. It is something that just comes from within.

Now, I am not talking about entrepreneurship and freelancing as skills. Sure they can be learnt by anyone!

All I want to say is, if something allows you to express your intrinsic values, it no longer remains work.

What is work for others, becomes play for you. That makes life a whole lot fun!

Have you experienced the same?