Comment on Have you ever felt a imaginary switch click that changed the trajectory of your life?
CaptObvious@literature.cafe 1 year ago
I know what you mean, and yes. At 20 years old, I turned down a job in my field to take one outside that I wanted to do for a few years just to see where it led and get it out of my system. I almost physically heard a door close and wondered if I’d done the right thing. Almost forty years later, I’m still not sure.
bird@aussie.zone 1 year ago
That is so interesting. If you’re willing to say, I’m curious about which fields they were?
I had a similar experience with radically switching majors (zoology to engineering). I just needed to know. However, in my case I sensed the door closing and dashed back in. Would’ve liked that engineering money though…
CaptObvious@literature.cafe 1 year ago
My field was and is now languages. I knew that I had a couple of other interests that needed to work themselves out, so I took a job in broadcasting and audio production, turning down a job in languages. Life would’ve been much different if I hadn’t.
bird@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Oh, quite a big change for sure. And you’d be having the exact same thoughts on the other side if you’d taken that language job. That’d definitely be sitting in my thoughts.
CaptObvious@literature.cafe 1 year ago
Yeah, that’s what I thought at the time too. For a ton of reasons, it seemed the right decision then. In the long run… who knows?