It sounds really scary, going off the well-known path. It’s terrifying to think about all the possibilities–if things would work or if things go wrong. But if you feel the drive, the passion, the curiosity to pursue something, then by all means, pursue it.
That’s what I am planning to do now, for the last few weeks of 2018 I will embark on a journey to create a business of my own.
I graduated from UST with a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology. One would expect that I’d be in those big corporations working as a developer and raking in big piles of cash, but I stayed off that path after being depressed for 2 years (this will be for a later post). I have always wanted to become a scientist and when I was still a kid, I would always ask my parents, “Why?” and the curiosity would always get to me. I wanted to know how things worked, how they became that way and how to improve them.
I may be more knowledgeable on the tech side of things, but this year, I want to try and be a scientist. Though I won’t have a degree to show off, I will, however, teach myself how to become a chemist. It won’t be easy, I won’t be running this on pure willpower alone. I have been thinking about this for a long time and I told myself if I can’t stop pondering on this idea for more than a month I won’t push through. But…I have been contemplating on this for months already. And so, I have decided that I will push through.
It’s scary, I feel like I am alone. But thanks to the help of my partner and my friends, they made me feel that even if I may not have that many social connections or social confidence in general, I can still do this and succeed, well, hopefully.
I will be blogging about my experience not only as a journal for me but to hopefully inspire others to go after what their heart desires. ‘Til the next post. Thanks for reading.