如何找到你的梦想职业

Find a way to use your skills in service of something more important than you. You don't need your employer's permission to do this. If your day job doesn't offer the opportunity you need, and if like most of us you need to support yourself financially, start your dream career as a side project.
不要只为自己，要设法运用自己的技能为他人或社会服务。你不需要雇主的批准才能这样做。如果你的日常工作给不了你需要的机会，并且和大多数人一样，你需要在经济上支撑自己，那就先把梦想事业当副业做。

What useful endeavor would you pursue even if you didn't get paid for doing it? That's a good test for whether it＊s something you love to do.
有哪样工作是你拿不到报酬也会愿意去做的？这点能很好地检验你是不是喜欢做这件事。

If you love writing software, work with friends to write an app to solve a problem. If you love writing period, then start a blog on a topic that the world could use more discussion about. Or volunteer with an organization that needs a skill that you can provide.
如果你喜欢做软件，那么就和朋友一起做个能解决某个问题的软件。如果你喜欢写作，那就开设一个博客，就一个大家可以展开热烈讨论的话题写点东西。或者去一个需要你技能的组织做志愿者。

Then as you get better and better in this new area, and as you become known for it, gradually spend more time doing it.
随着你在这个新的领域做得越来越好，随着你慢慢引人注目，可以逐渐地在这上面花更多地时间。

That's how Maureen created for herself three dream careers. (And that's how I created for myself three dream careers!)
这就是莫琳为自己创造三个梦想职业的过程（也是我为自己创造三个梦想职业的过程）。

When work becomes fun and fun becomes work
当工作变成乐趣，当乐趣变成工作

Maureen now is making a much bigger impact on America's education system than any other first-year doctoral graduate. That's because an advantage of starting a career when you're older is that you get to jumpstart it with all the experience and wisdom you＊ve developed over the years.
莫琳目前对美国教育体系的影响比其他任何从事第一年研究的博士后都大得多。这是因为年纪较大时开始一份新的职业有一个优势，你可以用过去多年来取得的经验和智慧迅速起步。

People often look at Maureen in amazement and ask 'Where do you get all that energy? '
人们经常诧异地看着莫琳并问道：“你哪儿来的那么多精力？”

Well, the beauty of creating a career based on what you love is that work becomes fun and fun becomes work. Rather than draining you of energy, work GIVES you energy.
根据爱好创造职业之所以美好，就在于工作成为了乐趣、乐趣成为了工作。工作能给你能量，而不是消耗你的能量。

By creating a life filled to the brim with meaning, passion and fun, Maureen has discovered the fountain of youth.
通过创造充满意义、激情和乐趣的生活，莫琳找到了青春之泉（the fountain of youth）。

And you can do the same.
你也可以做到。