Speak my mind

A couple of months ago I was faced with a big life changing question which would ultimately dictate my career. I had to finally decide whether I would pursue a double career which would increase my chances in getting a good job, or concentrate on a single career and put my whole focus on it.

This really gave me a big head ache since I’m the type of person who can’t easily let go on something I already started. My parents and most of the people who are close to me want me to proceed on law school since they saw the potential in me to become a good lawyer someday. Maybe its because of my attitude towards arguing something which really interests me and my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. The only problem with this is that I am not a confrontational type of guy. I am more of a diplomatic type of person.

Even though I could not imagine myself becoming a trial lawyer I somehow knew that there were other fields in the practice of law that I can perfectly fit in. I could still use it for our business and my parents and brother’s real estate brokerage. If I were to continue on my studies and maybe become a lawyer someday I would have a lot of opportunities to earn more in addition to my practice in architecture.

The only drawback with that plan is I would sacrifice the profession that I currently have and my development in that field will be completely be put on a hold. I will have lesser time to develop and improve on my designs and in the practice of architecture I am still in the vital stage of learning the ropes of private practice. The projects we do at this particular stage is essential for us to establish some clients and gain contacts which our needed for our future projects.

Taking this into consideration I tried to delve deeper on the consequences and rewards on the decision that I was about to make. What made it hard was the risk of choosing the wrong path and end up failing and regretting the decision I made. If I did not decide then I would also risk on failing both on my studies and on my practice. I kept on thinking about the outcome of both of the situation and realized that none of the two had a certain chance of really happening. Both decision presented the same chances of succeeding or failing.

After all those deliberations, I recalled what my former mentor kept on telling me during my apprenticeship. “Pursue your passion stay focused on it. It is only when you do something you like that you can never fail.” , although i thought about it a couple of times I was always apprehensive about what the future has in store for me that I always did what I thought was good for me and I usually ended up stressed out, frustrated or unhappy.

After I analyzed what he was trying to tell me, it was only then I truly grasped what his message was and that was I could never fail if I do something I am passionate about because I will enjoy the things that I am doing and be happy and have the satisfaction doing it.