Changing Domains After 12th: A Guide to Personal Growth
Once, a relative asked my elder sister, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" She replied, "I want to do everything and learn everything." They say, "Sometimes, the goddess Saraswati speaks through us."
True to her words, she pursued non-medical in the 11th standard for her love of science, switched to commerce for a Bachelor of Management Studies, and now works in the Ministry of Home Affairs, which aligns with the arts domain. The best part? She brought her dreams to life and has no regrets!
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Introduction
Shifting domains after completing high school can be a life-changing decision that requires careful consideration and strategic planning. Whether it is caused by a sudden change of interests, personal growth, or better and more broad career dimensions, transferring your domain after 12th grade can open the door for various mesmerizing opportunities and challenges as well.
However, its not wrong to realize that one's initial selection of domain may not be the best choice for their long-term goals and interests. Therefore, many students are seen changing their domains after they finish school.
So, if you are someone who falls under this category, you better read this blog till the end because its definitely going to help you, I promise!
Reasons For Shifting Domain
There can be various reasons why a person may decide to change his or her domain after completing 12th standard. Some of the major reasons may include the following:
1.Change In Interests
Students may come across various new and different interests and passions that they might actually want to follow in their lives ahead and hence they might decide to change their domains after high school because it's never too late !
2.Personal Growth
As people mature slowly and and get to know themselves better slowly and gradually, they may find out that what they have chosen is not what will give them the personal growth that they want to have in future. This can be one of the reasons that people change their domains after completing 12th grade.
3.Career Prospects for Future
Some people may decide to change their domains after completing high schools because they want to seek better and more job opportunities, and they might not get it from what they are currently doing. This can also be considered as one of the major reasons.
4.Family or peer influence
External factors like family's and peer influence can also lead people decide to shift their domains because some families don't let their child do the thing that he or she would like. The family itself would choose what is right and what is wrong for their child. So, the person might feel the need to change his or her domain because of the family's undue pressure.
These were some of the most common reasons that can make a person feel like that he or she wants to change his or her domain to be successful in life.
Challenges While Shifting Domain
While shifting domain can make a person's life change 360 degrees and make a person successful in life,. But it also comes with great challenges that need to be faced while trying to choose the right path.
1.Academic Requirements
Students need to meet certain academic qualifications in order to choose the path on which they want to change their domain. If they do not meet certain criteria, then it is possible that they might not be able to get a chance to change their domain and follow their passion.
So, if you are planning to change your domain and thinking that it is really easy to do so, then you are so wrong, my friend. Grab out all the information about academic qualifications for whatever field you want to change your domain to. Don't dream without gathering information!
2.Financial Considerations
Switching between domains is not a really easy task. You need to check yours as well as your parents' pockets in order to make sure that you have enough money in your hands to pursue the domain that you have changed to. You should be very serious about how much, when, and where to invest money in the correct manner. Keep this in mind!
3.Skill Gap And Lack Of Knowledge
I will explain this to you with an example. So, for instance, just suppose that you are a medical student who studies physics formulas, chemical reactions, and biological processes. Now, after you finish your boards, you will gradually realize that you want to go into the finance field, for which you will have to change your domain to commerce.
Now, the main thing that I want to tell you is that you cannot apply physics formulas to calculate in the finance field. You cannot use chemical reactions while understanding business.
You cannot tell anyone about biological processes if someone asks you about the finance field. You will have to study the basics of commerce and then move upward. So this is the skill gap between where you are and where you want to be. Students generally face most of the challenges in this part only.
So please make sure that if you are planning to change your domain, you have to bridge the skill gaps that you need for a particular domain and work hard to acquire those skills.
4.Career Transformation
This is the most challenging part, trust me! Until the time you were in one domain, you worked very hard for it, did many things, and studied very much in it. You invested a lot of time in it.
But the moment you decide that you want to shift your domain, you should also realize that you have to put in double time and effort in order to understand everything about the new domain that you have chosen.
You will have to work harder, put in double hours and invest yourself properly to be able to succeed in the particular field.
Benefits Of Shifting Domain
While shifting domains involves many challenges, it also provides so many job opportunities and benefits for your personal and professional growth. Some of the benefits are mentioned below:
1.Passion And Interest
A person cannot be more satisfied when he or she is doing the thing that he or she actually wants do with their whole heart. Half of the battle is won here only! Pursuing a field that matches your passion and interest can provide you better job opportunities, more satisfaction , personal growth and your overall well-being.
2.Diversified Skill Set
Transforming into a new domain requires acquisition of numerous new skills and when you acquire it, you have a vast set of skills that can take you from 0 to 100. A diverse skill set helps enhance a person's personality and helps them adapt to different situations.
3.Expanded Career Oppurtunities
This is one of the things that you decide to shift your domain for, right ? And if you achieve your target, then you will be on cloud 9 and you will have no regrets, just like my sister, if you land somewhere where you always wanted to be.
Shifting domains open up a huge variety of career opportunities that may not have been available in the field that you were in before. It helps students explore different fields, industries, behaviours, environments, etc.
4.Personal Growth And Development
Embracing change and getting out of their comfort zone requires so much power, and it fosters a person's personal growth and boosts self-confidence. It encourages a person to think that yes, i can do it and it helps the person reach their full potential in life.
Conclusion
See, shifting your domain can be a life-changing decision for you. It may be an opportunity for you or it may come as a challenge for you. You have to choose whether you want to deal with it as an opportunity or as a challenge. So, make your decisions wisely with proper planning and strategy; otherwise, it might give you a lifetime regret.
You know what you can do. Nobody else can tell you what is better for you than you yourself. So, take every step carefully. I hope this blog helped you define your goals and passions. I'll meet you soon with another interesting topic. See you soon, ladies! Bbyeee:)
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