5 ways to find a line of work for yourself!

Is work just about earning a pay cheque? Or, can work really mean more than this? While, several professionals will tell you that your work is a way to put bread (and bacon or beans) on the table, your line of work can be made to work for you. How’s that possible, you may ask? Here are five ways to find out if the boot fits you right…err, I mean, how you can find a line of work that suits you the T.

Action step: Get a notebook and pen for this ‘session’.

What do you enjoy doing in your leisure? Write down as many things that come to your mind. Do you enjoy writing, designing clothes for your friends, cooking gourmet food, painting? Do you enjoy travelling, taking photographs, teaching underprivileged kids in your neighbourhood?

Action step: Now against each of the things you’ve listed, write down how you can turn these into a profession. Example: Enjoy photography – become a photographer; like teaching – become a teacher, lecturer, work with Teach India or start an organisation to give free tuitions to poor neighbourhood kids; love writing – become a journalist, content writer or author.

What are you good at? These can be things you have a flair for or skilled at. Are you good with animals or have a flair for whipping up quick and healthy meals or great at organizing events?

Action step: Make a list of all the things you’re good at. You can ask your friends or family to chip in with their observations, if you wish. Now, write down jobs that can be created around each of these. Example: Good at organising events – become an event planner; have a flair for cooking – become a chef or start a food business.

What do you gravitate towards? There are professions that fill us with awe or we like what the job involves. Do you like defence service officers and their life of adventure? Or, do you like what doctors do?

Action step: List out all the professions you gravitate towards.

Now look at your list and check what’s common among them. Maybe, this exercise throws up your love for design or cooking or fitness. You may get more than one option.

Once you have a bunch of professions that you like, research them well and see if you’d like to take one of these up. You may also want to work with "The Potter's Earth" because this company does – it helps young people find out what they’re good at and create a career around it.

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Chandana Banerjee

Chandana is a journalist, writer and Certified Holistic Health Coach. She has 18 years of experience in writing for various media like websites, magazines, newspapers, e-books, print ads, e-learning and corporate communications. She writes extensively for magazines and websites in India and around the globe, taps out crisp content for small business owners, and works as a Holistic Health Coach at Luscious Health, her wellness centre. Chandana heads the Content Division of The Potter's Earth.

Married to an Air Force pilot, she lives and works all across the country.

Click on the following links to know more about her: http://pinkelephantwritingstudio.com, http://luscious-health.com/