Freedom vs. family
Posted by Andrew
What do we do when our family’s interests conflict with out own?
What happens when they have their own plans for us? Living vicariously through us or a particular career that we should pursue?
I believe that all parents inherently want what’s best for their kids. But sometimes what they think is best is actually worse.
Example: Your parents send you to a prestigous business school for college, but you can’t stand accounting and have no intention of getting your CPA. Your true passion lies in writing and you’d like to write novels instead.
To borrow from Martha Beck here, your essential self wants one thing but your parents and social self want another.
How do you tell them that you won’t be spending your hours with numbers and accounts, but with words and stories?
I don’t have the answer to this one, it’s just an observation I’ve made and a question I think many people of my generation grapple with.
What do you think? How would you tell your parents that their dreams for you are unrealistic and that it’s your life to live? How do you have “the talk“?
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