Wise people say: "Be careful what you wish for." This folk wisdom can be expanded to “be afraid of your goals,” since your future success largely depends on the choice of life goals. There's nothing worse than spending years climbing a ladder set against the wrong building of success. You can repeat someone else's success, but if you set false goals for yourself, then this external success will not bring joy. Choosing the right life goals largely determines your future.

Goals are divided into:

- short-term;

— Medium-term;

— Long-term.

The life goals of a person are long-term and highest priority tasks, which are largely related to what is really important for this particular person. If any of the life goals is imposed, then a person may not have enough enusiasm to bring it to life. And if it is still possible to achieve it, then the result will not bring any joy.

HUMAN LIFE GOALS

I can give my own example. Once upon a time, I entered graduate school and was full of enthusiasm to write and defend my PhD thesis. But the supervisor imposed on me a topic that was not interesting to me. As a result, the dissertation continued to choke more and more and it became more and more obvious that I clearly did not have enough fuse to defend my Ph.D. thesis. I did not drop out of graduate school simply because it was a legal way not to join the army. But defending a dissertation was clearly not included in the list of life goals. The real goal has turned into a false one.

In pursuit of a false goal, you risk wasting time and effort, which happened to me when writing a dissertation.

We are all very different, so the choice of life goals will be different for everyone. It is important for someone to travel and visit as many countries as possible. Other people are interested in settling somewhere in one place and arranging their life here as much as possible. When choosing life goals, you need to make an informed choice without regard to the opinions of others.

You must clearly answer for yourself the question of what you want from life. Choosing the right life goal is already half the battle. And your brain, like the most advanced GPS navigator, will look for ways to achieve your goals. Goals can be achieved if there is a will. But the main thing is that these goals should be “yours”.

Success in life has many components. See the wheel of life balance. These are health, family, career, money, self-development, friends, career growth and so on. In each of these areas of life you need to set specific goals. For example, work, it would seem, does not pretend to set any long-term life goals here, and yet we spend most of our active time at work and we need to set goals here. If only because if you find a job you like, you will not experience stress, but rather you will enjoy this work. And career growth will go uphill. Over time, money will follow.

Just like setting goals for your health. People who don't watch their diet, give up on their health, and don't exercise tend to give up their skates prematurely. But that's not the only negative. Poor health (for example, being overweight) seriously affects the quality of life. Last summer, I personally had such an uncomfortable problem as hemorrhoids. I think one of the reasons is being overweight. As a result, I visited the proctologist's table. I mean, I wouldn't wish that on even my worst enemy. Even a minor ailment radically breaks the quality of life and, if not crosses out interest in life goals, then at least greatly spoils the mood.

To find suitable life goals, you need to be able to listen to your own feelings. Sometimes we understand that this or that goal is ours on an intuitive level. The problem of many people is that in the daily hustle and bustle they have forgotten how to listen to their own feelings and quickly run after false goals and they don’t even have time to think about what they want from life.

A person's life goals determine the vector of his development, his future. It is an element that concentrates strength and energy on what is to be achieved. Goals that set the direction of your movement and your life.

Goals can be long-term, medium-term and short-term. Goals can be practical, related to our social life or professional activities, or they can be moral or psychological, aimed at developing certain traits, qualities or attitudes in our character. People set goals for themselves in all areas of life. But the central, defining ones are: “The life goals of a person” are the main, ultra-long-term goals. They contain the meaning of your life. They should “warm” you, make you move through life. And you need to choose them even before you start formulate and set goals more tangible.

Human life goals

Their choice is not easy! And this happens because of our preoccupation with the outer side of our existence, which does not allow us to pay attention to our own feelings. But it is in them that the key to our true desires is contained. By ignoring feelings, we create the ground for internal conflict, which can have extremely long and negative consequences.

If, for example, a person has to spend unreasonably much effort to achieve a certain goal, towards which he goes to the limit of his physical capabilities, if at the same time he is accompanied by prolonged psychological depression, if the body falls ill with serious inexplicable diseases, then this is a false goal. In pursuit of a false goal, you will either achieve nothing, or, having reached the goal, make sure that this is not necessary at all. Is it worth it to miss the unique chance given by life and spend precious time correcting mistakes? Despite the fact that life seems long, it passes very quickly and imperceptibly. Therefore, it is necessary to learn how to find exactly your goals that will bring happiness to you personally.

We are all individual, so a person's life goals should reflect his individuality. If you want to be successful in life, then you need to choose goals that are consistent with your values, your strengths, your passions, and your desired lifestyle. And after that, having felt the essence of their own long-term goals, a person is able to reach unprecedented heights in creative, professional and career growth, material well-being, and personal life arrangement.

Many of us have been taught from childhood that success can only be achieved through hard work. And you also need to persistently go towards your goal, overcoming obstacles. One of the biggest misconceptions is that you have to fight for happiness, show perseverance, perseverance, overcome many obstacles, in general, win your place in the sun.

Man's delusion consists in the false belief: If I overcome obstacles, then there, ahead, happiness awaits me.". This is nothing more than an illusion. There is no happiness ahead! Many people, having achieved their goal with great difficulty, feel nothing but devastation. Where did this happiness go? Happiness comes while moving towards your goal. If a person is on his path, then he experiences happiness now, even if the goal is still ahead. Then life turns into a holiday. When the goal is reached, it will be doubly joy. However, the very movement towards its goal turns every day into a holiday. Moving towards someone else's goal always leaves the holiday in an illusory future. Achieving someone else's goal brings disappointment and devastation, but not happiness.

The purpose of a person in life is not determined by some temporary needs. It should answer the question: what do you want from life? What will make your life joyful and happy? Only this matters. Everything else can be considered a husk.

Finding a Life Purpose

Find one main, life purpose . Achieving it will pull the fulfillment of all other desires. You will not be able to determine the goal through analysis and reflection. Only your soul can identify the real purpose. Analysis is an activity of the mind. The soul cannot think. She can only see and feel. The task of the mind in the search for a goal is not to search. The mind will do this as usual, that is, by analyzing and building logical chains based on generally accepted stereotypes and clichés. If one's path could be determined in this way, all people would be happy.

The task of the mind is to pass through itself all external information, while paying special attention to the state of spiritual comfort. The mind should only make the installation: I am looking for something that will turn my life into a holiday. And then just let in external information and observe the feelings of the soul from the position of this setting.

An active search will turn up nothing. Don't worry, watch and wait. If there is a search setting, the necessary information will come by itself. At some point, you will receive some information that will arouse your keen interest. The main thing is that the mind at this moment does not climb with its thoughts, but simply pays attention to the state of spiritual comfort.

You can speed up the arrival of the necessary information yourself. To do this, it will be very useful to expand the circle of your interests. Go to places you haven't been before: museums, excursions, movies, hiking, the other side of town, a bookstore, anywhere. No need to actively seek, just expand the range of external information and observe.

Give yourself an indefinite time frame, don't pinch yourself in a time frame and do not make the search for a life purpose a duty. Just keep this mindset in mind: I'm looking for your calling, yourself in life I'm looking for something that will turn my life into a holiday.

Watch your feelings more carefully than you did before. Let this setup run in the background all the time. Pass any information that comes to you through a question filter: what do I feel about this, do I like it or not?

Sooner or later, you will receive some sign or information that will startle something inside: “Oh, I like this!” Think carefully about this information from all sides, carefully observing the state of peace of mind.

But finally, you managed to get rid of the temptation to think about the means, and you determined the goal. When there is a determination to have and to act in the name of achieving this goal, then the layer of your world will undergo an amazing transformation. And this is what will happen. You have freed yourself from the burden of decoys and breathed freely. You no longer have to force yourself to do things you don't feel like doing. You have given up the struggle for illusory happiness in the future and allowed yourself to have it here and now. Previously, you tried to fill the spiritual void with cheap surrogates. And now the mind has released the soul from the case, and an amazing feeling of lightness and freedom has appeared, as if spring has come, and you have awakened from a long winter hibernation. The painful feeling of oppression and burden disappeared. Agree, it is much more pleasant to move towards your own life goal, realizing that you have found inside yourself what you previously unsuccessfully tried to find in the outside world. Your mind has thrown away the unnecessary rubbish of other people's goals, abandoned useless thoughts about the means of achieving it, and simply let the necessary task into the layer of your world. The soul itself chose a toy and jumped up and down with joy and clapped its hands. You have cracked a false stereotype and allowed yourself to have, despite the imaginary inaccessibility of the goal. Therefore, doors that were previously closed were opened for you. Then the mind finally realized that the goal is really really achievable. Now you become happier and life will turn into a holiday, as a joyful soul will run hopping after the mind, which let the goal into the layer of its world. Soul and mind will merrily walk hand in hand along a smooth and pleasant road to happiness, which is already here and now.

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We, journalism students, have almost a whole year of study at the Pacific State University behind us, including the first session that seemed so scary at first, which we successfully overcame. In the first months of school, many of us had a feeling, if not disappointment, then at least dissatisfaction. Why? The answer is simple: of all the disciplines that we studied in the first semester, only one turned out to be specialized, so many of us were not in the mood to study mathematics, the concepts of modern natural science, history, and world religions.

And then, finally, creativity began: in March, in the classroom in one of the core subjects, we received the task to interview freshmen like us, but studying at other faculties and mastering other specialties and directions, which, as it turned out, , more than five dozen.

It was a reason to compare their own impressions and feelings with others, and at the same time make new acquaintances. And yet - if the interviews turn out to be successful - not only to get marks for practical journalistic work, but also (by the way, this is one of the main desires of most freshmen) to be published in the magazine "My University". True, for this it was necessary to find really interesting interlocutors, and even those representing the most outlandish university specialties ...

What professional prospects await students of the specialty "Oil and Gas Business"? Freshman Tatyana Dneprovskaya (pictured) shared her thoughts and impressions.

- Tanya, why do you choose oil and gas?

I dreamed of becoming an engineer since school, that's why I chose "Oil and Gas Business". It seems to me that specialists in this area will be especially in demand on the labor market in the future. First of all, because Soviet geologists graduated from universities 15-30 years ago, and during this time cardinal changes have taken place in science: today, in order to develop it, young engineers with “fresh” knowledge in their heads are needed. In addition, such specialists are needed in other countries. For a long time, the USSR was a closed country, so the study of English in universities was not given due attention. But for a modern specialist, knowledge of English at the level of “reading and translating with a dictionary” is considered insufficient. PNU teachers understand this and provide us, students, with the opportunity to improve our foreign language outside of Russia: the university offers participation in exchange programs with foreign partner universities from the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, as well as Austria, Germany, USA, Sweden, Italy.

- And why did you enter the TOGU? Do you regret your choice?

In fact, I planned to enter a completely different university. However, my older sister convinced me to submit the original certificate to PNU: she herself graduated from the Oil and Gas Business in Politen and now does not regret it at all. I am pleased that I chose PNU: in my opinion, strict but intelligent teachers work here, who are able to provide high-quality technical education. The main thing is not to be lazy and not leave anything “for later”: patience and work will grind everything.

What difficulties do you face when studying your specialty and how do you cope with them?

All the subjects that I study are difficult, but interesting. As a girl, physics and engineering graphics are difficult for me. The latter requires a huge amount of work, which sometimes lacks patience: for example, the outline of some detail takes at least two hours. In general, if something doesn’t work out for me, I know who to turn to: we have a friendly group, and we always try to help each other.

- Successfully passed the first session? It was difficult to?

I have pretty good results: there are no triples in the test - only 4 and 5. The most difficult test was the physics exam. However, I have already mentioned that sometimes Newton and I have disagreements (laughs).

How do you imagine the specifics of your future work? How do you see your professional future?

A specialist of my profile is engaged in the development of the oil and gas industry in modern economic conditions: it develops oil and gas production technology, manages the development of fields, monitors design in the oil and gas business, etc. There are so many opportunities for graduates of my profile - you can’t list them all!

But I still hope that in four years I will not have to travel to the taiga and tundra and participate there in the search for oil and gas fields. I really want to work in the organizational and managerial sphere: to become a chief engineer in a foreign company. By the way, Russian oil and gas specialists are now in demand abroad: in Canada, Great Britain, the USA, in sunny Brazil (smiles).

And how do you spend your free time? Tell me about your hobbies.

I don’t have much free time, but I try not to waste it: I like to learn new things. Today I am fond of nail design. With pleasure I set aside a couple of hours a week to draw a beautiful pattern on someone's nails. My immediate plans also include mastering the art of makeup. My feminine weakness is “to blame” for everything: I like to make people beautiful.

What advice would you give to graduates of general education institutions when choosing a profession?

First, you need to think carefully before choosing a specialty: will it be in demand in five years. And one more thing: is it mine, will the desire to move along the chosen path disappear in the future? You should not wait until your parents decide everything for you: after all, you will have to devote 4 to 6 years of your life to studying in an “imposed” specialty. It is a pity, but according to some reports, 55% of graduates enter the university at the behest of their elders. Often, after graduating from a university, former “slaved students” do not want to work in their specialty and, in the end, conclude that these years of life have been wasted. Secondly, graduates, study natural and exact sciences, especially physics, mathematics and chemistry! Fundamental knowledge acquired at school greatly facilitates the life of a student of the specialty "Oil and Gas Business". Proven in my experience.

Interviewed by Yulia Raitina

On a long break, I had a difficult task: to interview a first-year student. Not easy because I have never interviewed outside of social networks. I was very nervous, I had about fifteen minutes to do everything. My choice fell on my namesake - a student of the Faculty of Automation and Information Technology Georgy Ovcharenko (pictured), who is studying for a bachelor's degree in Information Systems Security.

- George, what is the reason for your choice of education? What interests you about your future profession?
- I chose "Information Systems Security" based on my interests and capabilities. I am fond of innovative technologies and I perfectly understand what the potential of this profession is, because information technologies are developing very quickly.

- What did you know about this specialty before entering the university? How have your knowledge and impressions changed after admission?

To be honest, all my ideas about this direction and profile were only guesses based on its name. To tell the truth, I was going to go to flight school, but I flunked the medical board. So I chose the closest specialty. Over time, in the process of learning, I began to like her more and more, and now I feel needed in her.

Which of the items turned out to be the most interesting? What are your first impressions of studying at the university?

The most interesting professional subjects are: "Programming and the basics of algorithmization" (this is such a special programmer's magic) and "Informatics". The first impressions of the university were indelible: starting from the appearance of the university and ending with the quality of the education provided. And in general, PNU seems to me a completely “different world” after school. It feels like an important period in life has come.

Was the first session easy or difficult?

It would be much easier if not for my natural laziness! (laughs).

- Do you have any hobbies? Do you manage to successfully combine your hobbies with your studies?

I have two hobbies: fencing and board games. It is possible to combine them, but sometimes there are times when you have to sacrifice something. For example, when there are field competitions in fencing, you have to skip classes, because of which you have to study the material yourself, which does not always work out properly.

- Quite unusual hobbies you have! What board games do you prefer? Among my acquaintances there are a couple of people who really like Warhammer 40,000.

Yes, Warhammer and I love it very much. I also like Dungeons & Dragons, Munchkin, Game of Thrones, Yes Dark Lord and Arkham Horror...

There were only a couple of minutes left before the start of the next class, so I no longer had the right to delay either the interviewed student or myself, and voiced the last question:

- What would you advise, taking into account personal experience, students of the final grades of schools?

Choose a profession that will definitely interest them very much, because if you work without pleasure, it will not benefit either you or those around you.

Interviewed by Georgy Pinchuk

Pacific State University is one of the largest higher educational institutions in the Far East. It is not for nothing that not only Khabarovsk schoolchildren strive to get here, but also children from other cities of Russia. I wonder how our university accepts nonresident children? Evgeny Tarasov, a second-year student of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, helped me find out the details (pictured).

I was born and raised in the city of Yakutsk, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). At school he always tried to study well, took part in physics and mathematics Olympiads. In total, by the way, he scored the highest number of points among all the participants. He dreamed of getting a higher education in the city of St. Petersburg. But, unfortunately, some life circumstances forced to abandon this dream. Without thinking twice, I chose PNU - a very famous university among schoolchildren of our republic.

How interesting is your fate at such a young age! You're only 17 years old. Do you remember the day when you first came to Khabarovsk? What were the feelings?

It was deep night! On September 1, 2012, at about one in the morning, the plane landed at the Khabarovsk airport. I remember taking a taxi to the hostel for a very long time. They arrived at the scene only at four in the morning. A few hours later I went to the festive line in honor of the beginning of the school year and got lost on the campus.

How did they let you into the hostel at four in the morning? Our guards are strict! Were there any problems?

The fact of the matter is that at such an early time there was no commandant. And the watchman was so kind that she allowed me to spend the night in the gym of the hostel on mattresses (laughs). My countrymen are already there. We got to know each other, so we had a lot of fun the rest of the time.

And how many such fun nights in the gym?

Only one. First and last. As soon as the commandant appeared at the workplace, we were all immediately assigned to rooms.

- What was the first thing that came to your mind when you found yourself in your monastery? In a word.

Comfort (answers without a moment's hesitation).

So your expectations were justified?

Ah, if it weren’t for the Univer series, thanks to which I had a slightly different idea of ​​​​life in a hostel ... But all this has already dissipated, I’m used to it, settled down, thanks to the neighbors for all the fun moments in our lives.

A lot of people complain about dorm life, and you talk about it with such a smile. So, everything is not so bad... Tell me, did you immediately understand the division of the university into the right, left wing and center?

As for finding the right audiences, I was lost, of course. Couldn't find the basement and the 6th floor. But good-natured cleaners always saved us.

- And how were things with studies and orientation in the educational building of the PNU in the first year?

Ltd! The first semester is just awful! And on September 25, I ended up in the hospital, because of which I had to delete a whole month from my educational activities. Result: the first session was closed with only triples. It's a shame! Now the studies are in order, there are no such grades in the record book.

Tell me, if it weren't for the life circumstances that make you here now, what choice would you make? Peter? Or would you still change your mind?

I can say one thing ... I do not regret my choice!

This is what I was waiting for. Zhenya, you are great! Fate now and then throws up all sorts of difficulties, but you courageously cope with them. Perhaps you have a life credo?

- "Fate itself creates everything." I live with this expression. It helps me.

Or maybe success lies in your last name? Tarasov - as the coach of the famous hockey player Valery Kharlamov?

No, nothing connects me and my family with Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov. But I am proud of my surname and our large Tarasov family.

It was on this spiritual note that Evgeny and I ended our conversation. In parting, he wished me and all his friends and acquaintances health, happiness and success in everything. Yes! TOGU has someone and something to be proud of.

Interviewed by Daria Konkina

The Faculty of Economics and Management is considered the most popular at PNU, as evidenced by the annual student competition. Its departments train specialists in various areas, one of which is "Business Informatics". Why it is worth going there, and what kind of study “tastes” there, said Valeria Belyaeva (pictured), a second-year student at the FEU.

- Lera, why did you choose this specialty? Did she have something on you?

The process of choosing a profession was long. Technical specialties seemed difficult, but simple economics or management seemed useless and boring. For the last four years at school, I studied computer science in depth. And the direction of "Business Informatics" is directly related to this subject. And as soon as I found out about it, I immediately realized that it was mine. After all, you can study programming and information technology in the economic sphere in parallel with economic sciences.

- Did you know about this specialty before entering the university?

Before admission, to be honest, it was completely incomprehensible what it is and what it is eaten with. But this only increased interest, especially since many of my parents' acquaintances unanimously said that this was an excellent choice for a future profession. Some kind of sixth sense told me that "hit the top ten."

- What are your impressions now?

After a couple of months of training, it became clear that managers are being prepared from us. Our group's abbreviation is UB, which stands for business management. So, knowing the economy and having an excellent flexible tool in the form of programming skills, you can create your own business at any level, in any industry.

- Do you already have favorite items? What interested you in studying?

As a person who is passionate about computer science, it was very interesting for me to get acquainted with new programming languages: structural (Pascal), object-oriented (C #) and multi-paradigm (Delphi). This is what we did on the subject of "Object-oriented analysis and programming." In the first semester, the emphasis was placed on disciplines dedicated to information technology. At first, I was upset that I had already managed to go through almost all of this at school. But in the second semester, the focus shifted. There were more economic sciences, we began to plunge deeper and deeper into the atmosphere of our specialty. In your first year of university, you discover something new every day. Studying becomes meaningful, and you become more and more excited and willing to learn.

- Was it difficult to pass the first university session?

She came very easily to me. I practically didn't notice her. It is not clear why undergraduates and teachers are so scared of us freshmen with this session. So for the second, which is just around the corner, I'm calm.

What advice would you give to future applicants?

Many freshmen flunk their first session. Why? They skip school, lose interest in their chosen specialty due to the fact that they do not follow their original desire "what to become when I grow up." They follow the lead of their parents, fashion, act “where the girlfriend went” and so on. But higher education is more than just a “crust” of a diploma. This is one of the steps of the "ladder to a decent life." Therefore, I advise high school students to choose exactly what they like, so that their next four years of study can be called an interesting and fun student time, and come to Politen every morning with a smile!

Interviewed by Kristina Myagkova

Every year, PNU comes to life again from the flow of first-year students. Resolute and self-confident, they rush forward, breaking down barriers and every day plunging deeper into the world of Polythene. Four years later, many of them will become highly qualified specialists and masters of their craft, and now they fill out only the first pages of their record books and books of life at the university. Something has already been done, but much remains to be discovered. What? This is what I wanted to ask one of them.

Andrey Seroukhov, who is studying in the direction of "Applied Informatics" at the Faculty of Economics and Management, got into the network of my curiosity. During an informal conversation over a cup of hot cocoa, I asked him a few questions.

- Andrey, why did you choose applied computer science? Why is she interested in you?

The desire to become a programmer was clearly formed in the eighth grade. Due to an unexpected computer breakdown, I had to try myself as a rescue programmer. After a little thought, I began to fiddle with disks and wiring and was soon able to revive him. A year later, I began to write my first program and realized that the world of programs is an interesting field for creativity. Starting with the basics, with the help of a simple tutorial bought in a stall, I moved on to more and more complex things. The world of numbers and codes carried away, began to open up before me. What seemed very complicated became simple and understandable. In our business, to create an advanced, unusual, complex program is a victory. Now this is what I'm striving for.

What did you know about this specialty before entering? And how have your knowledge and impressions changed since then?

I knew everything about my future profession, in principle, because before that I spent a lot of time on the Internet in search of the necessary information. At the university, when compared with school, it is easier to study: teachers are more condescending, they are less demanding and persistent. To learn new things or stay at the same level is the personal choice of everyone.

Which of the subjects that you started studying are more interesting and close to you? What are your impressions of studying at PNU?

Interested in such subjects as "Modern Programming Environments", "Operating Environments and Shells". They are specialized, thanks to them we delve into the practice of programming, learn about many interesting nuances, details and details of our chosen profession.

If I remember the first session, I can summarize: the exams were passed successfully thanks to four sleepless nights alone with textbooks. In addition, I did the right thing by showing myself well at the very beginning of the semester - the image capital earned from teachers during the session worked for me.

- What can you advise, taking into account personal experience, students of the final grades of schools?

- "Follow your dream!" - that's my motto. I think that school graduates should definitely choose a profession to their liking, look for a reflection of their interests, hobbies, talents in it. But you need to look from the other side, the mercantile one - to approach the choice of a profession with a calculation. It is better if your profession is in demand in the labor market, then finding a job will not be a problem. And, in my opinion, you should not neglect the opinion of your parents, I advise you to find a compromise with them.

- Andrey, what profession would you like to try yourself in?

And I'm already trying! I'm going to create my own musical group, to be a solo guitarist in it - this thought has been haunting me for a long time. I started learning to play the guitar a couple of years ago, and at the university I found friends who are close to me in spirit. They picked up the idea and now it is turning from unrealizable into quite real. Perhaps soon our group will set fire to the Politene hall. For example, at the next Student Spring. Later, who knows? - we'll get to the Platinum Arena. Jokes are jokes, but it is necessary to strive for heights. Also, I think I could make a good pastry chef who bakes delicious chocolate cupcakes and cakes.

- Thank you, Andrei, for an interesting conversation. I hope to try your delicious pastries someday.

Interviewed by Anastasia Kuznetsova

What to become if you find sincere joy in studying the culture of another country, in communicating with foreigners? Roman Humenny, a 1st year student of PNU, spoke about his choice (pictured).

- Why did you choose the direction of the bachelor's degree "Foreign Regional Studies"?

Even at school, I became interested in the culture of China, a country neighboring Russia. I think it happened in the history lessons, when the teacher touched upon the issues of relations between the two states. I read a lot about the history of the Celestial Empire, especially about the 20th century. It was this interest that influenced the choice of future profession. I wanted to study for a specialty that would allow me to study the languages ​​and culture of other countries, primarily China. The path to the choice was long: for two years I went through various options and settled on foreign regional studies. Now I am learning more and more about the country that once aroused my keen interest. Each nation has its own characteristics in relation to life, behavior, culture and much more, these are the distinctive features of the Chinese that I like.

We live in the Far East and neighbor with various eastern countries. Many universities specialize in training personnel in this area, but you chose PNU. Why?

And this choice was not easy. There were several options, but in the end only two remained: PNU or FEFU in Vladivostok. Both universities are good, each has its own merits, each can give what I want. The location of the university played a decisive role in the choice. I don’t want to offend anyone, but I like the relatively calm Khabarovsk much more than Vladivostok, where there is a lot of fuss. Moreover, I got the feeling that people in Khabarovsk are easier in communication and attitude to life. And there are many people here from my native Primorsky Territory.

- What was your first impression of TOGU?

I first visited Politen with my father when I came to apply for admission. He just amazed me with his size!

- What do you see as "pros" and "cons" of your studies?

We do not learn Chinese from the first year - this is the first and last minus that I see in Politen, and for some it can become a plus. But I would like to start learning this difficult language from the first year in order to develop a base. The sooner the better, I think. Of the pluses, I want to say about the subjects that are taught. First of all, about those related to my specialty. For example, I really like the political geography of China. We study the features of individual regions of the Middle Kingdom, both economic and political. A big plus of PNU is a bright and creative extracurricular activity, which all students can freely engage in.

- What can you say about the teachers?

The teachers are very nice. At school, teachers are demanding, and here, of course, we are not allowed to relax either. But teachers at the university allow you to fully open up, you can discuss with them. The teacher in the subject "Concepts of modern natural science" Bernard Borisovich Averbukh was very memorable. This is a man of the old school, he told a lot not only about his subject, but also about the world, life and people. It's nice to know that there are such reliable and smart people nearby, whom you can always approach with a question of interest and get an answer to it.

- There are many circles and sections of sports and creative directions in PNU. What are you doing?

Certainly! I love playing KVN very much, and in the future I would like to organize my own team. I was also part of the faculty team during the Freshman Festival. Students from China, who study at Politen, performed together with us. Thanks to them, we managed to take third place in the competition. I still communicate with them, it is very convenient to do this, because we live in the same hostel. We participate with them in sporting events. I have been playing basketball since childhood, and at PNU I took part in interfaculty competitions. We have only taken fourth place so far. It's a shame.

- You mentioned that you live in a dorm. Did it somehow affect you?

Yes, and very strongly. I have been living separately from my parents for six months, I have become more independent. For example, now you have to cook for yourself. I did this before, but not like here: at home, my mother helped. Now I want to bake cookies, but I do not know the proportions, and it would be great if someone showed me how to do it. When you start living on your own, you learn a lot of interesting things not only about life, people, but also about yourself.

- Wish something to our readers - future applicants.

I wish: if you have an interest in something, there is a desire to do something, then do it! In Politene it will not be difficult.

Interviewed by Daria Makhnova

Someone wants to become a pilot, someone wants to be a gasman, and someone just gives an easel with pencils - and there is no limit to happiness. Ekaterina Sukhoveeva, a first-year student, told me about all the delights of studying at the Faculty of Architecture and Design, telling me what study is like there, as they say, in taste and color.

Ekaterina, why did you enter architecture? Personally, I have heard a lot about how difficult it is to study in this specialty, I know how many guys have already gone into the army because of the heavy workload and poor progress ...

I, unfortunately, do not have a super story about my admission. Everything is simple. Didn't hesitate for long. The choice fell on the specialty "Architecture", and I am very glad that now I have the opportunity to study this profession. Firstly, this is creativity, an opportunity not only to study engineering sciences, but also to develop imagination, a sense of beauty, to translate your ideas into projects. Secondly, this is a sought-after profession, because good specialists in this field are now really appreciated.

And after you have already submitted the documents, have you often heard that it is difficult, that you have to work hard? Has anyone tried to dissuade you?

Almost everyone said so. But you know yourself, someone has more strength, someone has less, someone is lazy, and someone is vice versa. I tried not to listen to anyone, but when I entered, to tell the truth, I thought that it would not be so difficult. Much is required of the students. During the semester, you need to pass several projects, and, in addition to this, there are also other subjects that are not in the profile of the specialty. But I consider this a plus, because here you want - you don’t want, but you will try to organize your time. Moreover, such a pace of life becomes a habit, and when there is a lot of time, I want to occupy it with something. Now I often get tired, but it is a pleasant tiredness, especially when you turn in your work, get the result and feel that everything was not in vain.

- Has any object already "broke into your heart" and decided to stay there forever?

Not yet. I try to keep them all in the "friend zone". But I'm lucky - there are no unloved objects. And to be honest, I still like disciplines in my specialty more: architectural design, drawing, compositional modeling.

Probably one of the most incomprehensible questions for students: "How to pass the session successfully?". How did you manage that?

The first session went well, there were no global difficulties. And the secret, guys, is simple: prepared - passed. What I wish and advise you. And the second session, I really hope, will not just go the same way, but fly by. Summer, after all, I want to spend a whole month on summer walks around the city, and not on the road to PNU with drawings.

- What prospects await you in the future? What are your hopes for it?

In the future, of course, I would like not just to work in a team and fulfill "regular orders", but to implement projects on a global scale! But at least I think if you really learn the profession, there will always be interesting work.

- Finally - a few words to the guys who are going to enter the same specialty.

I tell you right away and to the point: “From the first days, organize your new regimen, try not to put off work until later, so that you can get enough sleep at night. Do not waste your time, because during the training period it will increase in value like a euro! And, of course, do not skip."

Interviewed by Nikita Bashunov.

Photos by Dina Nepomnyashchaya, Alexandra Tenetkina and presented by the authors of the interview

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07.07.2008 The right choice is the key to success

A conscious choice of a profession affects the future life, determines the success of self-realization, socialization, career and professional growth. The need to organize effective professional counseling aimed at helping a teenager in this, meets social and personal requirements, makes this problem extremely relevant.

We are talking about this with Valentin Vasilyevich Rybalka, Doctor of Psychology, who believes that the most important thing in life is to be a creative and spiritually developed person.

Valentin Vasilyevich, why do you think the urgency of the problem of vocational guidance has recently grown? How have views on its task changed?

As usual, young people choose a profession based on external attractiveness, for example, in terms of salary, the image of the institution, the prestige of the profession, following the example of parents, friends, etc. But at the same time, the qualities of the personality itself are often ignored, neglected. The latter occurs because a person, as a rule, knows better the objective reality (a subject of study, his clothes, workplace, etc.) than his subjective psychological properties.

Ask, for example, a schoolchild what his intelligence quotient (IQ), type of temperament or character, interest structure, meaning of life, etc., and in response you will hear a very sad and ghostly assessment of yourself. At the same time, most modern professions are very complex and also require careful in-depth knowledge, and in addition, their number reaches thousands. That is why it is so important to find one's own, "native labor", as G.S. Skovoroda once said. And a poor choice of profession leads to dissatisfaction with oneself, inefficiency of work, unsuccessful career, unemployment and, moreover, to suffering from occupational diseases. And if we add to this that the structure of professions is rapidly changing, we also need mobility, flexibility, readiness for a timely change in specialty, then the problem of choice becomes more complicated. That is why a significant part of people need professional qualified assistance in solving this problem, which is carried out by the career guidance system.

How should you work with a career counselor to make the right choice regarding your future profession?

The process of choosing a profession is characterized by multidimensionality. For the right, adequate choice, a school graduate needs to do a lot of inner work. The research work of a career counselor should contain several important stages.

First stage- pro-informational. It allows you to get maximum information about professions, their content, status in the job market, the level of required education, employment prospects, and the possibility of continuing education. At this stage, the career guide acquaints the young person with professiograms and psychograms of various professions.

Second phase- professional diagnostics, which aims to identify the motives, interests, inclinations and abilities of a person to master the profession.

Third stage- vocational counseling, which provides assistance in choosing a profession based on a comparison of professiograms and psychograms with psychodiagnostic data of a young person and establishing the degree of correspondence between the profession and its qualities.

During the consultation process, an applicant can be reoriented from a randomly selected one to another profession (specialty), but the final choice remains with him.

Fourth stage- professional approbation, during which students get acquainted with workplaces, their technical equipment; the abilities of the future employee are determined and tested directly in labor activity, the ability to perform operations in a certain sequence; the expectations of young people are correlated with the real working conditions; they evaluate their own opportunities for mastering the chosen profession.

It should be noted that some professions require long and thorough training, education - in universities, colleges, vocational institutions, courses, etc. Therefore, the sooner a person realizes that the profession is chosen inappropriately, the more benefit he will receive for himself and will not waste time.

The problem of choosing a profession is extremely important and difficult. There are many purely technological issues of choosing a profession that can only be solved by an experienced career guidance specialist.

So, a comprehensive approach to career guidance is necessary, which enables each student to consciously approach the choice of a profession.

Thank you, Valentin Vasilyevich, for an interesting conversation and extremely useful information that will be useful to those who are faced with an important choice, on which their future life will depend.

From ourselves we want to add - dear readers, treat your choice with maximum responsibility. Don't let ingrained stereotypes or the thoughts of outsiders knock you off the right path. Listen to yourself, choose the profession that will bring you satisfaction and a sense of inner harmony, and material rewards for such work will not take long. From the bottom of our hearts we wish you success in self-determination!

Translation of the article by Ulyana Lysak