are you doing the job only to support family or is it your real passion?

First smita, I think I must learn the art of starting discussions from you. Your question applied to me turns a bit complex, I must say. First as a child I wanted to be a scientist, a physicist at that, inspired by my avatar Dr.Einstein. By the time I came up to my 8th grade I was fascinated by the Diesel-electric locomotive and wanted to be a Mechanical Engineer. This was because my Dad was on the Railway and we lived near a Railway Station. I would spend (during the summer hols of course) hours watching how the various mechanisms worked in steam and diesel locomotives. By the time I crossed the 8th grade, ny uncle mentioned to me that I must be with the New Science and Technology : be an Electronics Engineer. This was it! I stuck with that. Believe it or not I started reading very extensively about atomic physics and electronics' fundamentals, right through my school. But then instead of dabbling with Electronic gadgets or such gadgetry in general, I took the route of reading up on how the whole subject worked from bottom up. You can understand my passion if you see see that I bought the book Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors: An Introduction to Transistor Electronics, by W.Shockley, J.Bardeen and Brattain- a classic work by the Nobel Laureate team that discovered the first Bipolar Transistor! I was just in my 10th grade by then! I revered Nobel Laureates and even now I do like young people have Actors and Actresses as their role models. I almost hold them with a reverence due to gods! To me any Nobel Laureate is a class in himself/herself and are the only lives worth living. The other class of people I have a reverential attitude for are the Rishis of THE VEDAS! I always had this scientist like approach to study. Even today, I do not feel satisfied if I cannot explain a subject or a concept in what could be called the discovery mode. Whenever I explain a difficult concept to someone, I first get a grip on the fundamentals and then explain like as if I had had the pleasure of discovering this idea.In hindsight, I find that this approach though interesting and thought provoking in its own way- I found the hands-on approach would have been a lot better. Of course that would have cost me money which I did not have in those days. To cut a long story short, I graduated as an Electronics Engineer, and joined a company manufacturing Control Systems. Well, here again, Control Systems was not my passion. I was more absorbed in Computer Engineering and Software Design, but had to make this choice for the precise reason that I had to get to earning and provide relief to my Dad. But my job has been a dampener of spirits all the time. I tried my best to sell some very good ideas to my management, who are just bothered about what we call turnover. It is different thing that I "trained" in their way, and am considered to be fairly successful, though not truly happy with my job. Meanwhile I discovered and re-discovered my passion for the Sanskrit Language Learning. Right now I am concentrating on this. Well, I must say I am following both these passions- that of Engineering in the innovative mode, likewise the Sanskrit Langauge one of the wonders of India with equal emphasis on both. As for the Engineering, Design and Innovation I am helping some young engineers and getting a bit of vicarious satisfaction. In fact the shortest statement I would like to make is I want to be an Engineer again soon after my retirement! I am condemned to be a Management Man all these insipid years. In my opinion Management is meant for the "kam-zabr"

I'm doing my job for the sake of my 3 daughters. They are the driving force and the reason why I still go to work every single day even when I'm so tired or lack of sleep. It's not their fault being born in this world so I'm going to do the best that I can to give them the best as well. Wish me luck and pray for me.

Hi ksmita, Well, I have to say that I did not end up doing what my parents wanted me to do at all. I will say that my dad was very supportive where my mom was not. I have to say I followed my heart and handled the consequences of all my choices without regrets. Even after I had kids, I would say that I followed my heart. I probably would be doing some other job or living an entirely different lifestyle if I did not have kids but they were my world and whenever I got really fed up with my job, I'd think it over and realize that it was paying our rent and other things that are very important to us. If I really hated my job, I'd leave it for another but I would not quit until I had another job because my income is the only one that supports us.

my passion includes running my own business,fashion,and culinary.while I work in the information technology industry,it is not my passion.I see it as a way to earn money to help my family,help myself,and have money to pursue my passions.it is not late to pursue my passions.there is always time to pursue your passions.

I doing job only for my own passions.. because i belongs from a good family.. so i never faces any problem .. related to money.. because my family members everytime supports me.. so now it's my passions to doing job.. have a nice day and keep mylotting always..

I am currently in my job because I still love what I am doing and it pays me well. However, this is not really my passion. My passion is reading and writing. I also love to do volunteer works and going to different places to help the poor people especially in Third World countries. I became an NGO volunteer for more than a year before I decided to get a regular job. If I'm going to follow my passion I will not be able to live the way I'm living right now. I will not be able to afford some of the luxuries that I have. If I stayed as an NGO volunteer I will not be able to have a Savings in the bank and stable salary as being a volunteer you don't get paid. You just have an allowance enough to cover you board, lodging, some bills and fare. Sometimes I still end up asking for money from my parents. That is the reason I finally decided to get a regular job. I can't say that I love my job but I can't also say that I hate it. There are times that I love what I'm doing but there are also bad days. For me this is just normal. I just stay positive and make something good out of what I do in the office. Instead of focusing on things that I don't like about my job I focus on what I love most about it. What I love most about my job is the part that I inspire and motivate people. :)Sometimes this part of my job is exhausting and also frustrating especially if it seems that the people are demotivated and me myself feels demotivated. However, still everything turns out fine at the end of it all. I just stay positive even if everything else around me is negative.