Shadow (Thursday, September 09, 2010 / 12:54 am)
I'm living in the shadow of someone else's dream
On the contrary, it's not my parents dream that I'm living in. It's like more of me conforming to societal pressures, what the mainstream undergraduates are doing now. Should we adhere to the path that has already been laid out for us, and in my case, as an accounting undergraduate, a secure big 4 career route? Or is there a special calling for me, to take the road less travelled (like what jia has been saying the whole day).
“I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”
When would I arrive at the stage? 1 year, 3 years, 10 years or maybe just a lifetime of sitting, waiting and hoping something would happen. Some things will never happen if you keep talking about it to your friends, waiting and expecting a gift to drop from heaven instead of putting your words into action. I participated in a female entrepreneurship event today and interacted quite a fair bit with one of the entrepreneurs who actually converted her passion into a livelihood. I'm filled with respect as to how she managed to do that.
All of us are dreamers, but how many amidst the crowd fulfill their dreams?
I've been pondering about this for quite some time now.. Starting a business isn't easy for sure. Besides the capital, financial projections, there's tons of networking to do as well. You need an extensive database of clients, suppliers etc. Where? As a young budding entrepreneur, you can't have all these at once. It takes time.. years of experience to build a wealth of knowledge.
I want, to set up and own a business in the future. To be useful and contribute in whatever way I do best to the society. There's so many 'wants' on my list right now. And sadly, I feel limited in the ways whereby I can achieve these aims. I don't want to just be yet another average business student who talks about her dreams and ends up venting her frustration on her blog. I want to be someone in the future. Right now, the path carved out for me, is perhaps to complete my studies and graduate with decent honors. I need to work for a few years, to build some experience and then maybe, I can think of starting out on my own..
I feel a little lost right now, to live in a shadow or to expose myself to a myriad of possibilities of failures and successes.. Maybe, maybe I shouldn't think so much as of now, and just take up my responsibilities as a student and do a good job. But students these days, they don't just study, they juggle with tons of tasks at one go.
This is Gen Y for you. The birth of the new, young and competitive batch of individuals.
Frankly speaking, I just poured whatever's on my mind into this small box on Blogger. As to what I was trying to say, I really ain't sure. As to where my studies and degree can bring me to, I'm not sure as well. There's plenty of opportunities awaiting in the near future.. it just depends on how you're going to deal with them.
Signing off,
with a very confused state of mind.
