Design Your Future: Finding Purposeful Pathways
- Vinayak Rao
- Dec 13, 2025
- 1 min read
Shruti Malviya
Founder Adar Learning Pvt Ltd
Vinayak Rao
A study abroad counselor at Gradmonk
Design Your Future: Finding Purposeful Pathways
by EI Library
The problem isn’t that teenagers don’t know what they want to be.
The problem is that we’re asking the wrong question.
When I ran the workshop in Activity Room for Grade 9 to 11 students (a EI Library Initiative), something became clear immediately.
The moment I asked, “What do you want to be?” — most of them froze.
But when I shifted to, “What kind of life do you want to design?” pens started moving.
Career guidance isn’t about giving the “right answer.” It’s about helping students discover their own.
During the Good Time Journal, the patterns were surprising —not trophies or titles, but curiosity, teamwork, storytelling, building things, solving problems.
Those aren’t hobbies. They’re clues.
When we mapped energy → subjects → pathways, students realised why some subjects feel alive and others feel heavy — it’s not ability, it’s alignment.
Then came Odyssey Plans — three possible futures, not one. Not to decide now, but to explore.
By the end, nobody left with a “final career choice.”
They left with next steps — shadow someone, join a club, talk to a professional, try something small.
Because the goal of counseling isn’t to predict the future.
It’s to teach students how to design it.
Teenagers don’t need pressure to choose the “right career.”
They need space to discover who they are becoming.
Feedback for the Event
Book an expert consultation with :
Vinayak Rao (Education Consultant) on 9819700567
Shruti Malviya (Adar Learning Pvt Ltd) on 9650753888
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