Do What You Love

I really appreciated the thought provoking assignments this week.  For this journal entry, I want to concentrate on the short video clip, “Do What You Love” by Tom Kelley.  The whole time I was watching him create the Venn diagram, I couldn’t help but feel out of place in my current job.  Am I doing what I’m good at?  Am I doing what I was born to do? Am I doing what others will pay me for?  Am I choosing who I work with?  Is my current job in the military helping me to answer “yes” to all these questions?  Unfortunately, the answer seems to be “no”.  Charise can attest to the fact that I come home the happiest when I’ve spent the day in the clinic, or more specifically in the surgery suite.  More often than not, I’ve spent the day in a chair behind a computer wondering what happened to my dreams.  The military has allowed me to say “yes” occasionally to the questions above.

I’m concerned that, the more time I spend behind my desk, the more I start to forget what I love to do.  I want to be excited to go to work every day, but currently that seems like a rarity.  Don’t get me wrong, the military has been a great stepping stone in my life, but I feel it’s purpose is coming to a close.  This course has made me very excited about what the future may bring, and that excitement doesn’t include the military.  Of course, I’ve been known to change my mind on this topic…reserves??