The official-looking letter from the taxman looks formal, black-and-white, and decisive. That’s how many people think their career decision is going to arrive: like ding! — here it is, in writing.
You’re going to be an astronaut. You start Monday. You’ll earn twice the salary, and you only have to work a four-day week.
People expect that level of perfect clarity just to turn up. And in the absence of it, they do nothing.
But the reality? It doesn’t show up like that.
Your Calling Shows Up Quietly
It shows up like a whisper. A quiet pull. A thread that you’re meant to tug on and follow.
For me, it started as an inkling that I really ought to go back to university. And it was just that — a little whisper. An inkling.
I followed it. I went to an open day. I discovered a subject that lit me up. I met someone who could help me open the next chapter. And slowly, it unfolded.
It wasn’t a crystal-clear message. It was messy. Vague. But it was a thread I had to pull on.
Sometimes those threads lead to dead ends. Sometimes they open into entirely new chapters. You don’t know until you take hold of them.
Clarity Comes Through Action
If you’re at that stage, there’s a quote from Thomas Carlyle that’s really apt:
“Go as far as you can see, and then you’ll see further.”
That’s how finding your calling works. It will feel foggy at first, but you clear that fog by moving forward — by taking action, not waiting for certainty.
Not waiting for permission.
But exploring. Acting. And pulling on the thread as it reveals itself.
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