Generally speaking, if any one is not merely the victim of discontent with his employment, and only hopes to obtain a situation that will pay him better or gratify his fancy, he will feel his desires so strong that he can hardly make a mistake in the matter; and although he may need a little aid or assistance, he will betray his adaptability for the place in such a manner as to excite attention. If he is a poet, he will know it. If he is an artist, he will show it. If he is a natural "newspaper man," and can write or report better than he can do anything else, he will make it manifest. The symptoms cannot be easily mistaken. He will drift into it. If he is a poet, he will use his leisure hours in writing verses; if he is an artist, he will find leisure to do a little sketching; if he is fitted for newspaper work, he will be trying his hand at reports, sketches, and paragraphs. If these show talent, betray the right 'knack" that is needed in newspaper work, it will not be long before the author is appreciated and a situation obtainable. If this is not so--if the aspiring "newspaper man" is not moved to anything of this sort, or does not know how to set himself to work at it--the chances are that he mistakes the promptings he feels, and that he might as well, perhaps had better, stay where he is. Special cases may of course need different advice from this, but it is a pretty safe, general rule to follow. Unless a boy or young man has some strong bias or preference for a profession or occupation, he had better take whatever offers, and labor industriously and zealously to rise in that. If he has a decided preference, it will show itself, and he will not require much advice or assistance as to what, under those circumstances, he had better do. If his promptings toward any special career are marked and potent enough to insure his success in it, he will take to it under any circumstances.

Remember... In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:6