Do What You Enjoy
Sometimes you may find that you are not happy in your life, although everything is going well. Most of the time you have to ____1____ this kind of unhappy life, since it is really hard to make changes and move on to a new business, which often involves taking ____2____.
My father, however, was a quite different example. When I was about 9 or 10, he told me that I should be whatever I wanted when I grew up, so long as I ____3____ it. He said that if I were not feeling ____4____, I should try to change my life to make it more delightful, and I would find real ____5____ as a result. From him I learned a great lesson on the ____6____ of doing one’s favorite.
My father got into the insurance industry when he was very young, and he was very ____7____. He became one of the company’s top salesmen, even though he was only 25 years old. Soon he became one of the first independent insurance salesmen in our state. ____8____, he decided to leave his successful ____9____ and move on to other fields. You might ____10____ why he did so. The answer was simple: he liked to do something challenging, something that ____11____ his strength and ability, especially in a way that is interesting. My father just wanted to have a try, and so he did. After leaving the insurance company, he worked in social media and then in digital technology, which really ____12____ him. Of course he wasn’t successful in everything he tried, but he told me for ____13____ that he did something he liked, and that he had the ____14____ of doing what he enjoyed.
____15____ one’s comfortable life is not easy. I’ve learned this from my father, and I can say no matter whether the ____16____ is good or bad, it is ____17____ doing one’s favorite. When we do something we love, it gives us extra ____18____ to meet our goals, which are associated with psychological well-being and health. As long as we have no ____19____ and give it a try, we are forced to push against ourselves. After all we all want to be where we are ____20____ ourselves.