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My favorite quote is one from Steve Jobs, “You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” These words may be vague to you, to begin with. But once you get some experience in this big big world, you will realize it is absolutely right. If you have not, let me tell you my career choice story.
I have a brother. It is safe to say that he is the definition of ‘perfect.’ He is smart and knows inside and out about what he wants. Everything he does is with clean-cut plans. The result of such consistency in following his goals is he can now buy his house, car, and his favorite high-end items. As for all of the worldwide destinations he desires to explore, he has left his footprints on them as well.
What about me? I am just the opposite of him. You know what I mean about that, don’t you? My relatives said they felt sorry for me practically whenever they met me. What do I think about myself? I am pressured sometimes because of society’s standards. Yet, my self-confidence never hits rock bottom.
Have you read the book ‘Anne of Green Gables’? Or have you watched the series ‘Anne With An E’? I think I am pretty much like Anne. While I am not that smart, I love building my imaginative world and find everything around me intriguing.
My middle school days were brimming with exciting adventures. About chasing after hot guys after music competitions. About immersing myself in my favorite songs. About discovering the awesome food stores in just about any corner of my neighborhood. And especially about admiring the beauty and teaching passion of my Korean teacher.
My Korean subject grades were poor to the unacceptable point back then. Still, once that Korean teacher showed up and delivered some of the best lessons I have joined, I liked her at every sight and started my endless interest in Korean. Literally, I learned this language like crazy. From the textbooks. From random Korean books. From TV shows. From songs. From whatever I saw, tasted, and felt.
The outcomes? At the starting point, I was a student who considered the Korean subject as the worst nightmare ever. After the fascinating learning journey, I became the class’ top student with the highest grades in Korean. Better yet, I was the only one in my school to successfully enroll in the Korean-gifted class in my province’s elite high school.
How proud I was! But life is not always rosy. Believe it or not, my high school classmates were all super-duper excellent. Though I felt somehow like dust in that world, that negative thought did not last long. I figure out I am dust and star at the same time.
I viewed it as an amazing challenge and worked extra hard to attain my aims, be it small or big. It was also there I found my extra interest in Korean writing. What was likewise worth celebrating was I became one of the five students in my class to partake in the national contest. With that being said, fortunes and misfortunes never fail to come together. Right on the day of the contest, I got sick and could not complete it as well as I could. If I had won that award, I would have entered any university I wanted without having to take the official exam for admission.
As the admission exam was around the corner and I had spent virtually all of my time on the national contest, I did not find enough time to study for the exam. That was why I chose two college options whose scores to get into were in-between. One was a science and technology university. The other was an education university.
Since I set my heart on passing the exam, I managed to do so. Then it came to the school choice. My mom wanted me to study at the education college and became a teacher after graduation. Teaching is a stable job suited for women, my mother said. Meanwhile, my cousin encouraged me to choose the technology school, stating, “there is a multitude of novel things for you to explore and learn all the way there - believe me.” Guess what? I came to believe her.
That technology college went above and beyond my expectations. The teachers were among the most dedicated ones I have known. Its library was a super big one. And trust me, it had such an unlimited source of materials that I wanted to visit the library and dig into them every day. Above all, I had the chance to delve into technical Korean that was new and fascinating to me.
I graduated the college with flying colors and got excited to find a job. One of my interests was writing and I had a pretty fair share of technical knowledge. So, I joined a company as a content marketing specialist. That was when my next engaging journey began.
To make a long story short, I am happy that I never give up on myself and follow my heart. Do not let the busy world out there with different lives (with their own stories) intervened in your life distract you from listening to what your heart wants. As Steve Jobs said, “ You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
- By Suri
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