Didn't choose the right career?

Have you ever wondered if you chose the right career? The more I go on, the more I think that I made a mistake. To tell the truth, I was never even sure of my choice. Even when I was at school, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do, and today, 30 years later, I am hardly any further ahead.

There are a few rare people who have a vocation. They know almost since their earliest childhood what they are going to do. But, frankly, are you sure of your move? Not me. Or rather yes. I am sure that I have not chosen the right profession.

But there would still have to be a good one. I have reviewed the list of different professions that could more or less suit me, but not a single one triggers a hint of enthusiasm in me.

Journalist, financial advisor, consultant... even jobs that touch on the fields I like don't excite me. Why?

Simply because they imply the notion of a job subject to the orders of a boss or the demands of a client. In short, they make you addicted. By my personality INTJ, I am of a strongly independent nature. I have a lot of trouble putting up with being at the mercy of others. And it is therefore difficult, if not impossible, for me to be able to fully flourish in an activity as an ordinary employee.

Of course, I don't only have bad times at work. I would even say that there are days when I go there almost without having to force myself. But still, it's not my thing. It's not what makes me tick, what I want to fully invest myself in.

From here, there are no 36 solutions. Other jobs would only repeat the same problem. The only alternative is to create the conditions that allow me to live in complete independence. And there is only one profession that allows access to this: that of rentier.

And you, do you think you have chosen the right career?