Identities

One of the main reasons for this blog is to discuss my road to finding my professional identity. How can I find my professional identity if I still don't know my personal identity? They can't be so different that they have no relation to one another, because if this were true they wouldn't be the identities that I want.

I've said before that I hope karma truly exists. I don't know if I am a true believer in it, but I think I am...maybe? I do believe that mostly things happen for a reason, whether it's explainable or not. Therefore, I feel that everything in my life that has happened up to this point has helped to shape who I am.

The problem is with everything that has or has not happened, I don't know who I am or who I am becoming. I don't need to say some cliche like I need to take some time to find myself, or figure out who I really am: I'm Molly and I'm right here. I just have a lot of questions and no one to ask!

I want my personal identity and my professional identity to correlate with one another, but I have to figure out what they are first. Won't my professional identity just be a more professional version of my personal identity? Without all of the personal aspects of course.

I believe the events that have happened in my life shape who I am personally and who I will become professionally, because no matter what you still need to remain personable and accessible in your professional life to be successful and happy.

With graduation nearing and life as an undergraduate coming to an end I wonder how I am to go about figuring out my identities, without going through a dramatic crisis!