What’s with the Wanderlust? – Now I know, I am half a twixter January 31, 2009

Today I couldn’t work from objective reasons and I wondered how would life be if i didn’t have this small business of my own. If i would choose to go back to being an employee, what would i want to be?

I thought about the purchasing job offer i received a few days ago, and then i thought about being a project manager somewhere, and until i tried to figure out a country i would like to live in, i starting thinking about going for a Ph.D. to gain myself some time to figure what and where. Then i thought it would be too much learning and most of the companies back in Romania would consider me overqualified – because i would like to live in Romania.

No more studying, so i went for a thought in the opposite extreme…”The best job in the world” campaign…remember? The Island caretaker job for the 600 islands in the Australian reef. It seems there are about 2000 applicants and 2,3 million visitors. A really good promo campaign. If you want to apply, there is still time. Go here.

So I ended up where i never thought i would be – asking myself the wonderful question of childhood: what do i want to be when i will grow up. It is amazing – when i was 20, i knew it, when i was 23 i knew it, now i don’t know anymore. It seems there are so many things to explore and in the end, whatever career i would choose it doesn’t matter, as long as it deals with people, challenges me and there’s a team around.

I couldn’t sleep so i grabbed a beer (which i seldom do) and started searching for the answer on the internet. I bumped into a funny quizz, but as funny as it is, it made me wonder. At least in my case it’s true: i would be a good social worker or an artist (i couldn’t make my mind which picture to choose so i chose two). You should try it, it’s cool: here. You just have to choose your favorite picture and it tells you your inclinations. I kind of knew them but it was fun – and i am not a big fan of quizzes, so…

Then i searched deeper and bumped into an article in TIME. Such a wonderful article. It made me draw the conclusion that i am half a twixter. Twixters are the people between 20 and 30 who don’t seem to want to grow up…or who can’t. I am kind of one of them, too. I don’t know what my dream job would be (i know what i would be good at and what i would like it to include, though), i don’t want to get married yet, i don’t want to make loans. I dream about traveling the world, having a family. I traveled a little, i do have a finace and we are living together…so this makes me half a twixter. Anyways…if it sounds familiar, take some time to read this article: “Grow Up? Not So Fast” – you will find some answers to your questions. (I know the article is 4 years old, but we are behind US so it’s fine, just read it!)