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Finding a Passion through “Emerging Adulthood”

Why do people in society take so long to figure out their true passion? I’m not against this question, I just think some people take longer to figure out their passions than others and there’s nothing wrong with that. This corresponds to my cousin in which, she just graduated medical school. She could get multiple jobs in the medical field if she wanted to. Instead she is still unsure if she wants to get this job because she doesn’t have the passion for it. But she does gets good pay if she decides to get that job. I believe that you should have passion in what you do, in which will help your self and society. If you don’t have any passion in what you do, then what is the point of doing what you do?. In “What Is It about 20-Somethings?” by Robin Marantz Henig, Artnett’s label “emerging adulthood” will help individuals find their true passion and will ultimately help our society.

The benefits of finding a passion starts with the individual.  Finding a passion through “emerging adulthood” is beneficial. To become successful person in life it all starts by pursuing a passion. When we are enthusiastic and proud of the work we do, the better equipped we’ll be to overcome the many obstacles that will surely arise in the process of starting a business or moving up in a career. Also, the more enthusiasm and excitement we have, the more inclined we are to work harder at improving ourselves. This will allow us to continuously get better at the work we do. The better we get at our work, the better we can get paid for doing it. Individual benefits in “emerging adulthood” by learning more about life in general when you find your passion. You have time to explore what you like to do and who you want to be in the future. You get to discover more options that you may like to fulfill your passions and dreams. These are all benefits towards an individual through, “emerging adulthood”. I think when an individual goes through the process  of “emerging adulthood”, it’s an important time of their lives because they have the opportunity  to find their true passions. In “What Is It about 20-Somethings?”,   researcher Jennifer Lynn Tanner says, “In emerging adulthood, if you spend this time exploring and you get yourself on a pathway that really fits you, then there’s going to be a snowball effect of finding the right fit, the right partner, the right job, the right place to live.”(208). Jennifer Tanner is saying that “emerging adulthood” guarantees a pathway and that pathway creates momentum towards finding and pursuing your passions. Personally I think it’s important as person to go through tasks to find your passions because it’s not easy and takes hard work and dedication to be successful through the pathway of becoming an adult. The most important thing of finding your passion is to think about where you find your “happy place.” At the end of the day finding that passion will make you happy and you’ll be able to enjoy life with what you love to do.

In “Adults, We Need to Have The Talk”, by Thomas King he expresses his passions about protecting animals and what he desires. Also what kind of society he wants to live in the “future”. In “King’s new future world” he wants people to become job-makers, not job-takers, because society is changing rapidly. Thomas King believes that in twenty years society will change and there won’t be some jobs we have today in the future. This deals with finding your passion through, “King’s new future world”, because he wants people to realize that finding your true passion is more important than taking a job that you really don’t have any passion for. When you find that passion like Thomas King you are able to have more motivation and help change the movement around others. I think people who successfully lead and influence others have passion. This is a key factor to leading others. Because people want to follow someone who is passionate about life and the future. Having true passion requires you to be doing something which is in line with your life purpose and allowing you to use your personal strengths. Many positive things happen when a leader has passion. Thomas King therefore is an example of someone that has passion and motivation about something that he believes in and wants to be a part of. He is a part of an organization called, Animals Australia, which helps save animals that are endangered around the world. Thomas King’s passion is also beneficial to society because he is helping the world out by saving animals and that really helps society become a better environment for people and especially animals.

Finding a passion is beneficial to society through “emerging adulthood”. There’s no rush and you get to explore your interests. I believed that if you rush through “emerging adulthood”, you will  not be ready for the experience end up ultimately hurting yourself by trying to move your lives forward to quickly. Moving out from your family before you are ready can cause some people to less further their education, rather than the person who continues to live at home and has many less responsibilities. In my culture there are a few ways, the first way is the age of identity exploration, this is when young people are deciding who they are as people and where they want to work and go to school and deal with the love factor. I feel like “emerging adulthood”, is the time to explore. You get to explore and find your own identity and even your career identity.  Exploring your interests and finding that passion you are able to benefit from yourself, but most importantly society. An individual who has a passion benefits from society because it makes society happier and makes everyone passionate about what they do in life. Everyone who has a passion will ultimately make society a better place because everyone will be more focused and alert at all times. Therefore, Thomas King founded is passion early, but most people take longer finding their true passion. “Scientists found the children’s brains were not fully mature until at least 25”(204). Scientists prove that the brain is still developing during “emerging adulthood”. Everyone is not Thomas King because most young adults are not fully matured and most of them need time to explore and find their passions when they are fully matured at twenty five.

The support from your parents is very important through the stage of “emerging adulthood”. Parents realize that their kids are passing through a life stage that is intimidating in many ways, and that the support they give to their children can be crucial to making a successful transition to adult life.  Parents help their children out financially because they can’t take care of themselves financially and they need their parents support and help.  Henig tells us that “failing to protect and support vulnerable young people can lead them down the wrong path at a critical moment, the one that can determine all subsequent paths” (201). Without their parents support and protection they could end up on a wrong path in life, which could leave them in a bad state emotionally. A subsequent path that twenty-somethings could end up on is not getting an education, in which could lead to being jobless in the future. Young adults learn the qualities of becoming an adult from their parents. They learn how to be more responsible, respectful, and how to become adults in the future. In order young adults to find their passion and pursue their passion they need their parents. Parents provide so much support and love for their children and without them it would be difficult for  young adults to emerge as an adult.

Everything is not going to be perfect in “emerging adulthood”. It’s not going to affect just young adults but importantly their parents. There’s going to be downgrades from an individual emerging as an adult and trying to figure out and pursue their passions. This has a major effect on parents because they’re going to have to pay our more. This puts a lot of stress on parents financially because they are going to have to figure out how and when to spend there money on their children. According to the Network on Transitions to Adulthood, ”American parents give an average of 10 percent of their income to their 18-to 21-year-old children.” (Henig 208). During “emerging adulthood”, many twenty-somethings can’t handle themselves financially because many of them don’t have jobs or enough money to support themselves, so parents have to pay for it. Another downgrade is not living own your own. If you don’t have any experience living on your own you won’t be able to learn how to handle things on your own and take care of yourself on your own. I think living on your own is crucial towards emerging to an responsible adult because you have more responsibilities living on your own. You can’t rely on your parents to do things for you and you  have to do them on your own. The more you experience living on your own,  the better you’ll be able to handle yourself in difficult situations. This is a major downfall towards “emerging adulthood”.

Finding your passion really effects on an individual experiences and  their support from their parents. It doesn’t matter how long you find your passion in society, but what matters is how you handle yourself individually to emerge into an adult.  Like my cousin in which, she just graduated medical school. She has a passion but, in order to get there she has to take a specific job in order to get where she wants to go. Finding your passion won’t just benefit from yourself but  importantly society. “Emerging adulthood” will help individuals find their true passion and will ultimately help our society through generation to generation.