英语演讲稿:你希望未来成为什么的人

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英语演讲稿:你希望未来成为什么的

Raiseyourhandifyou'veeverbeenaskedthequestion"Whatdoyouwant
tobewhenyougrowup?"

Nowifyouhadtoguess,howoldwouldyousayyouwerewhenyouwerefir
staskedthisquestion?Youcanjustholdupfingers.Three.Five.Three.Five
.Five.OK.Now,raiseyourhandifthequestion"Whatdoyouwanttobewh
enyougrowup?"hasevercausedyouanyanxiety.
Anyanxietyatall.

I'msomeonewho'sneverbeenabletoanswerthequestion"Whatdoyou
wanttobewhenyougrowup?"

See,theproblemwasn'tthatIdidn'thaveanyinterests--it'sthatIhadtoo
many.Inhighschool,IlikedEnglishandmathandartandIbuiltwebsitesan
dIplayedguitarinapunkbandcalledFrustratedTelephoneOperator.Ma
ybeyou'veheardofus.

Thiscontinuedafterhighschool,andatacertainpoint,Ibegantonoticethi
spatterninmyselfwhereIwouldbeeinterestedinanareaandIwoulddive
in,beeall-consumed,andI'dgettobeprettygoodatwhateveritwas,andt
henIwouldhitthispointwhereI'dstarttogetbored.AndusuallyIwouldtr
yandpersistanyway,becauseIhadalreadydevotedsomuchtimeandene
rgyandsometimesmoneyintothisfield.Buteventuallythissenseofbore
dom,thisfeelingof,like,yeah,Igotthis,thisisn'tchallenginganymore--it
wouldgettobetoomuch.AndIwouldhavetoletitgo.

ButthenIwouldbeeinterestedinsomethingelse,somethingtotallyunre
lated,andIwoulddiveintothat,andbeeall-consumed,andI'dbelike,"Yes
!Ifoundmything,"andthenIwouldhitthispointagainwhereI'dstarttoge
tbored.Andeventually,Iwouldletitgo.ButthenIwoulddiscoversomethi
ngnewandtotallydifferent,andIwoulddiveintothat.

Thispatterncausedmealotofanxiety,fortworeasons.ThefirstwasthatI
wasn'tsurehowIwasgoingtoturnanyofthisintoacareer.IthoughtthatI
wouldeventuallyhavetopickonething,denyallofmyotherpassions,and
justresignmyselftobeingbored.Theotherreasonitcausedmesomucha
nxietywasalittlebitmorepersonal.Iworriedthattherewassomethingw
rongwiththis,andsomethingwrongwithmeforbeingunabletostickwith
anything.IworriedthatIwasafraidofmitment,orthatIwasscattered,ort
hatIwasself-sabotaging,afraidofmyownsuccess.

Ifyoucanrelatetomystoryandtothesefeelings,I'dlikeyoutoaskyourself
aquestionthatIwishIhadaskedmyselfbackthen.Askyourselfwhereyoul
earnedtoassignthemeaningofwrongorabnormaltodoingmanythings.
I'lltellyouwhereyoulearnedit:youlearneditfromtheculture.

Wearefirstaskedthequestion"Whatdoyouwanttobewhenyougrowup
?"whenwe'reaboutfiveyearsold.Andthetruthisthatnoonereallycares
whatyousaywhenyou'rethatage.

It'sconsideredaninnocuousquestion,posedtolittlekidstoelicitcuterepl
ies,like,"Iwanttobeanastronaut,"or"Iwanttobeaballerina,"or"Iwantt
obeapirate."InsertHalloweencostumehere.

Butthisquestiongetsaskedofusagainandagainaswegetolderinvariousf
orms--forinstance,highschoolstudentsmightgetaskedwhatmajorthey
'regoingtopickincollege.Andatsomepoint,"Whatdoyouwanttobewhe
nyougrowup?"goesfrombeingthecuteexerciseitoncewastothethingt
hatkeepsusupatnight.Why?
See,whilethisquestioninspireskidstodreamaboutwhattheycouldbe,it
doesnotinspirethemtodreamaboutallthattheycouldbe.Infact,itdoesj
usttheopposite,becausewhensomeoneasksyouwhatyouwanttobe,y
oucan'treplywith20differentthings,thoughwell-meaningadultswilllik
elychuckleandbelike,"Oh,howcute,butyoucan'tbeaviolinmakeranda
psychologist.Youhavetochoose."
ThisisDr.BobChilds--

andhe'saluthierandpsychotherapist.AndthisisAmyNg,amagazineedit
orturnedillustrator,entrepreneur,teacherandcreativedirector.Butm
ostkidsdon'thearaboutpeoplelikethis.Alltheyhearisthatthey'regoingt
ohavetochoose.Butit'smorethanthat.Thenotionofthenarrowlyfocus
edlifeishighlyromanticizedinourculture.It'sthisideaofdestinyortheon
etruecalling,theideathatweeachhaveonegreatthingwearemeanttod
oduringourtimeonthisearth,andyouneedtofigureoutwhatthatthingis
anddevoteyourlifetoit.

Butwhatifyou'resomeonewhoisn'twiredthisway?Whatiftherearealot
ofdifferentsubjectsthatyou'recuriousabout,andmanydifferentthings
youwanttodo?Well,thereisnoroomforsomeonelikeyouinthisframew