Don’t get all hung up on finding “your calling.”

In my experience, few people have just one “calling” – there is rarely “one thing” that people have been given to do over the course of what, for most people, is a very long life.

The fact that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the average American will have 10 different jobs before they reach age 40 metes this out. And, yes, that number is expected to do nothing but grow.

Sure, everyone has likes and dislikes, which lead us to excel in some areas more than others: that’s how God made us. But our likes and dislikes change over time. Since we usually become better at the things we like (practice isn’t practice, it’s having fun!) this doesn’t mean we can only attempt things that we are already ‘good’ at. It means we should nurture those things we like to do but not limit ourselves to this – after all the first time anyone does anything, they are not good at it.

So don’t get down on yourself, but try to celebrate the challenge and experience we had going to business school though now we work as a chef. Or graduating at the top at our conservatory class although now we have now found a home in H.R. God gave us many interests and abilities, and thus the possibility of being good at many different things.

Yes, life may be a series of trying on different hats, but just because we’ve found one that fits doesn’t mean we can never try another. Sure, we can only wear one at a time but life is long enough and God is good enough so that most of us get a chance to experience a wider swath of humanity.

So keep dreaming and don’t get hung up on finding your life’s one calling. It’s better to accept the complexities of our gifts and desires and concentrate more on identifying today’s groove, living in the now, and the joy of God’s continued gift of vocation.