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Careers

When I was young I used to believe that your career should be what you enjoy. I have revised that view since then. When I was about 16 I read Cal Newports So Good They Can't Ignore Yet which essentially said you should acquire skills, get good at things and then do what you're the best at, with domination comes enjoyment.  When you view it through this lens you quickly find jobs waiting for you that you'd want to do. Recently I realised I am most at peace when reading multiple sources and drawing conclusions from that. going down rabbit holes of research. this can be seen by the essay plans I have produced, perhaps my greatest intellectual feat.  That being said something that requires research now seems like a logical progression. How about becoming a political analysist, MI5, civil servant... it seems like more careers are open to me now.  Find what you're good at, do that and enjoyment will then follow.  "With domination comes enjoyment" I'm not that go