# Finding or Making By:: [[Ross Jackson]] 2023-11-03 There is an interesting and potentially revealing way people talk about their careers. Some people describe that they are finding or discovering their career path, whereas others describe that they are making their career path. There is a significant difference between *finding* and *making*. Of the two, finding is more passive, and making is more active. In addition, making is much more reliant on the individual, whereas finding conveys an openness to fate. Finding also conveys that the activity could extend indefinitely. Perhaps one’s purpose will never be found. Making conveys that there is a process. The project will be accomplished. Making something is much more controllable than finding something. It isn’t necessarily the case that one approach is inherently better than the other. There are benefits and obstacles to both. Finding is perhaps more of an adventure, and making is perhaps more of a chore. And so it goes. However one finds a way through work and life, it is often beneficial to reflect on exactly what one thinks one is doing and why one is doing it. #### Related Items [[Career]] [[Life]] [[Work]] [[Strategy]] [[Purpose]] [[Process]]