What is your dream job? Knowing the answer is what made my dream come true.

Let’s face it, our careers are not always going to be full of interesting and fulfilling moments of pure joy. There will be natural highs and lows and sometimes those lows might seem more common than the highs and it’s normal.

However, if you don’t have any knowledge of what fulfil you or get you so excited that you can’t stop thinking about it or would do the work for free, you’re cheating yourself.

Why spend more than half your life doing what you don’t enjoy?

You know you only get one chance at this thing called life, right?

So how do you find what your dream job is?

For me, I knew from a very young age that I loved to read and hear other people’s stories. It was a passion of mine. So much that I would read a whole book in few hours under the hot Florida sun as a child.

That passion stayed with me and was the catalyst for choosing to study journalism in college. That led to me landing my dream job as a producer before I even had a degree.

It was a few years later that I found out what my dream job was going to be long term. That was 10 years ago. Once I knew what it was, I created a blueprint for my career and made every decision from that moment on, with that dream in mind. Some decisions seemed crazy or didn’t make sense to others but I never cared what others thought and neither should you. It’s your dream.

Be intentional about your choices 

During the last 10 years since I had my “aha” moment, I’ve made very conscious decisions about choosing specific jobs and even when unexpected opportunities came up, I knew which decision to make. An interesting thing I’ve also learned is that when you know what you want, life has a way of putting those things in front of you.

For those of you asking ok great Michelle, good for you but I still have no idea of what my dream job is. I hear you and you first need to ask yourself two questions.

Your dream job is already within you

What do you most enjoy? Is the question you have to ask yourself and look within to find the answers. Chances are, your favourite activities and interest will have clues in what your dream job is. 

What am I good at? Is the question you can ask your family family, friends and colleagues help you answer. Once you have those answers, it’s time to do the research and open yourself up to opportunities that will allow you to do those things.

This might take you down some unusual paths and that is ok as long as you’re following your heart. I guarantee you that once you decide to consciously follow that path, you too will get your “aha” moment.

Take a look at this article at Forbes.

Does your dream job excite you?

What most surprised me about my journey is that by knowing what my dream job was, it not only allowed me to get the experience needed to fulfil it but also surprisingly made others want to help make it come true.

I have been asked several times what my dream job was and guess what? I always knew the answer.

Recently, a high-ranking company executive asked me that question and I answered with such enthusiasm that he had no choice but to say, “That’s cool! How can I help?”

For more help with your dream job, get in touch with us at Women in Business Club.