It's already 2 months since we had our last academic requirement which was our thesis. And just Friday last week, we had our graduation that isn't really memorable in our opinion, as we didn't have any interaction that very day. The school just sent us an email saying that we have successfully finished our academic years and congratulations. It was planned that we will have the actual graduation when the pandemic situation will return back to normal, but I wonder when would that be.

Lingering thoughts being unemployed

My classmates and schoolmates belong in a graduating class(GC) messenger group where it was established 3 months before graduation. All of the requirements were announced by the officers in order to guide students what they need to do in order to be included in the list of graduates. In the past few days, there are several job offerings that our GC president gave us from different companies with reputable status and names.

The positions look enticing as well, though it's unfortunate for us not really fitting in the job descriptions. Most of them were for chemists, and we chemical engineering grads want to work in a lab to be honest. Though there's a law and code of ethics that doesn't allow chemical engineers to work in a lab unless they have a degree in chemistry. It makes sense as chemical engineers shouldn't eclipse the work of the chemists in the lab, and we are supposed to work in field or large-scale plants.

In our circle of friends, all of us live in the provinces outside Manila, and I am the closest one living near our school if they are not in their boarding houses. I usually travel back and forth between home and school everyday. Now all of them are in those faraway provinces and it will require them to board if they want to work in the city, while I can travel at least 1.5 hours combined in and out of the city. Working face-to-face would be a huge gamble considering the situation, and it's not comfortable travelling daily from long distances.

I said, I am my own boss right now

We had a conversation in our group chat regarding the plans we have for the future. The three of them are looking for freelance work online or anything that allows them to earn, while I told to them that I have my boss right now, and that's me. They were laughing a bit with this proud declaration of mine. I continued and mentioned that I try to live off with crypto right now, using the platforms that we all know and love as well as spreading out different investments and assets that I accrued from several years. They were reviewing for boards from May-August while I made these months fruitful by studying different things about cryptocurrencies and opportunities. I tried to invite and teach them but said they are not interested.

What kind of mindset is that?

Despite my willingness to try and help them, they just shrug off all of the opportunities that I am giving them. Is it hard to post or write daily about our experiences? Or they are just lazy and investing time in the wrong things? Well, I am proud of myself that I was able to progress financially for the past months while they are always telling me that they didn't learn from the online review.

As far as I hear them saying, they have wasted time and money in the review. I have made the right choice to shift my time and mindset into somewhere else and go back into reviewing and preparing for boards next year. If I didn't spend time posting content or investing into different ventures, I will not have any money by now. And since I hold all the time right now and free to make my own decisions without someone making interventions, I can be responsible of my own actions and thoughts as well. I am not judging them by their decisions, it's just unfortunate that they disregard the opportunities that come into their way. One of them mentioned it's better to play mobile legends LOL.

Anyway, that's a long rambling for now. It's a hump day and we should remind ourselves that we should grab opportunities and possibilities that come in our way, and you do not have the right to complain if you didn't try anything to level yourself up (in my opinion).

*Lead image from Pixabay

[#22] September 22, 2021