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Many people go through life doing work that they hate or have no talent for. Why does this happen? What are the consequences of this situation?

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During the past few
years
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 it has been noticed that a great number of individuals spend their entire
life
 pursuing a job career that they
despite
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 or one that does not value their abilities at all.
While
 hundreds of reasons can explain
this
 phenomenon, the most common one can be arguably identified
in
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 the need
of
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 financial freedom. It is reasonable to think that most
people
, especially when they are young, crave
for
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the benefits that
owing
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owning
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 personal money can bring to themselves and to their
household
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. In
fact
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 in most
cases
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 the thought of being a financial burden on parents is what pushes teenagers towards finding jobs. In
such
 scenarios, since what really counts is getting paid, the kind of job that someone
decide
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 to take on does not really matter. What happens next is that these same
people
 usually
continues
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 to work where they started even after they realized that
such
job
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 is not what really fits them because of the financial security that they reached. Another main reason why individuals stay in a work environment they hate is because they may have grown out of it but do not have the courage to start all over again somewhere else
while
 pursuing their dream career. In all of the cases examined above and more generally in any case in which
people
continues
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 to spend their existence doing work they dislike very much or have no talent for individuals end up being highly dissatisfied with not only their careers but pretty much with everything that revolves around it. Their
life
, their coworkers, their clients and everything that can be correlated to
such
 part of their
life
 is arguably going to be overlooked and undervalued. Statistics and studies refer that
people
 who are prone to remain in
such
 situations are more likely to develop depression
while
 living with the constant feeling of being valueless. In
conclusion
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 settling for anything at some
of
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point
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 in
life
while
 aiming just for financial freedom without being able to pursue something that would make them more satisfied will usually cost someone’s mental health.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • dread
  • passion
  • inherent talent
  • fufilling
  • career
  • job
  • fulfilled
  • unhappy
  • unsatisfied
  • work-life balance
  • burnout
  • stress
  • depression
  • anxiety
  • self-esteem
  • emotional well-being
  • potential
  • achieve
  • success
  • personal growth
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