As a kid, you aspired to be a doctor, astronaut or princess. But as you get older, the innocent "What do you want to be when you grow up?" really starts to hit home. "I'm 20 years old," you may want to say. "How am I supposed to know?" 

    小時候，你有志成為一名醫生、航天員或公主，但是隨著年齡增長，你開始真正考慮這個過去天真的問題——你長大后希望成為什么。 你也許會說：“我才20歲，我怎么會知道？”

    Whether you're just entering college or preparing for graduation, now's the time to start thinking about your career. While no single article can tell you how to choose your occupational destiny, Donald Asher outlines some common career planning mistakes to avoid in his book How to Get Any Job with Any Major (Ten Speed Press). 

    不論你是剛進入大學還是就要畢業了，現在是該考慮職業生涯的時候了。沒有一篇文章能告訴你如何選擇宿命的職業，不過，《不論什么專業都能找到工作》一書的作者Donald Asher在書中概括了一些在職業規劃中應該避免的錯誤。

    1. Confusing what you're good at with what you like to do.

    分不清擅長的和喜歡的

    You don't have to spend your life singing at weddings just because you have a silky voice. Nor do you have to become a chef because you have an uncanny gift with spices. To jump-start your career search, jot down two lists: one listing what you're good at, and one of things you love to do. 

    有一副美麗的嗓子，你也不是非得一輩子做婚禮歌手。在使用香料上有特殊的天分也不意味著你就得做廚師。要開始你的職業調查，請先列上兩張清單：一張是你擅長的事物；另一張是你的興趣所在。

    Though it might require more soul searching, the list of what you enjoy is the most important. Why? Because if you enjoy doing something, you'll do it for more than just a regular paycheck. You'll do it more often, you'll invest in training, you'll do it when it's difficult - you'll do it until you're good at it, and then some! 

    這一過程也許需要探索自己的內心。那張“你興趣所在”的清單是最為重要的。為什么呢？因為如果是喜歡做某件事，你就不會僅僅是為了收入而工作。你會不厭其煩，你會花錢進行培訓，即使遇到困難也不會放棄——直到你對此變得擅長、甚至更強。

    2. Confusing avocations with vocations.

    分不清主次

    So you've made your lists and discovered you love running, law, reading and basket weaving. Now you've scratching your head, puzzling over how to combine all of these aspects into one job. Don't worry - you don't have to.

    你已經列好了清單，發現自己喜歡跑步、法律、閱讀和編籃子。你冥思苦想如何能把這些合并到一份工作中去。別煩惱了——你不需要這樣。

    Believing your job has to satisfy the whole you is a common source of career error. Mind you, this does not mean you can't love your job - you can just have a whole heap of activities and hobbies (avocations) on top of it.

    認為工作得滿足你的全部（需求) 是職業規劃中普遍存在的錯誤。但這并不是說人們不能熱愛工作——你在工作之外還可以有一大堆活動和嗜好。

    For example, you may love to dance but you know you can't earn enough dancing as a career. Dance, then, is a great avocation for you. You can continue to dance for fun, but separately from your day job.

    比如，也許你熱愛跳舞，但是你知道自己做舞蹈家賺不到足夠的錢。那么跳舞對你來說就是一個“副業”。你可以繼續為了興趣跳舞，但是要把它和工作分開來。

    3. Confusing one aspect of a job with the whole job.

    分不清工作的部分和整體

    What you like to do doesn't have to be the primary thing you do. Often people over-identify with the thing they like to do - believing they must become it instead of doing it. 

    你喜歡的工作不一定非得是工作的主要內容。往往人們會過于融入自己喜歡的工作——認為應該“成為什么”而不僅僅是當作工作。

    A common example is someone who likes to write. Instead of looking for opportunities to do writing, he thinks he has to become a writer. He only pursues writing-only careers like novelist, journalist or copyrighter, when instead, he could have looked into being a minister, public relations assistant, editor or government lobbyist. 

    一個普遍的例子是有人喜歡寫作。可他不去找能夠寫作的機會，而是認為自己非得成為一名作家。他只追求純寫作的職業，比如小說家、記者或劇作家，而實際上，他也可以找代理人、公共關系助手、編輯或政府說客之類的工作。

    A final note: think creatively when considering which jobs to pursue after graduation. Your options are more varied than you might think. 

    最后一點：畢業后考慮工作時要有創造性。可選擇的工作比你認為的要多的多。