Choosing Your Career

Hi guys, how are you? I didn't able to write articles for the past few days since I was busy in my work and have no time to compose an article.

Moving ups and graduation is celebrated anywhere here in the Philippines. Graduation will not mean that you are already done with your goals. Our goals should consists of having a dream job and practicing it in the real world.

Enrollments are now on going this time, so I decided to make article regarding this one.

Entering in college / university is never been easy because it is the stage wherein your future relies on.

The pressure is on in this stage, whatever your decision / step you are making today will really have a great impact on your future so take an extra care for every move that you make. Lots of challenges will come along the way.

When we are still a kid, we thought that the only goal we need to make is to finish our studies but right after graduating in college, that is the moment we are entering in a real world. That we realized that after finishing school, the battle has just began.

But before entering in college and getting your bachelor's degree, thinking about what course you are going to make is never a joke, never a trial and error, you really need to evaluate yourself on where you are good at or what / where is your passion? Because majority of people, their future job will depend on what job fits you in regards of your degree.

When choosing what course you will take, in the Philippines there is an exam wherein the result will let you know on where you are good at, it will then be a guide for you on which course will you take. Take note, that the result only serves as a guide and at the end of the day or before you enter college, it will always be you who will decide on what will you take.

DO'S AND DON'TS WHEN ENTERING IN COLLEGE

1. Never let someone decide on what course you are going to take.

First of all, it is always you who will go to school. You are the one who will study, not them. And to whatever your future is, it will always depend on you, not on other. ( Lucky are those whose parents do not dictate on what are you going to take, lucky are you with whom if your parents choice is the same as you want.) Yes, it may be your parents who will support you in your financial needs but they are not the one who will study, so lucky are you if your parents will let you choose on your course and not them.

As for my experience, my parents let me choose what course I want to take in college. At first, it is them whom I am asking if what course they like for me to take but they did not agree. In the end, the decision is always on me.

2. Never let someone decide on what course you will take

Your future depends on what course you will take. Though there are a lot of people who changes their career but only a few do this. Choose something in which you have great interests with because I remember my professor once told us that, "choose something you enjoy doing that to the extent that you will not feel like you are working" Enjoying something you really want to do will make your life stressful.

As for me, story time ( Way back 2010, I was in fourth year highschool back then. The course I really wanted to take is Accountancy but here is my friend explaining to me why Accountancy is not that good and _________ is better than it. I was conviced with her explanations and I also take the course she chose. But in the end, I really didn't regret because it is also a little same with the course I want.

My point here is that, yes you can listen to them but at the end of the day it is always still you who will decide which path to take. And make sure that you will not regret on it because if you let someone choose on what course you will be taking, you will end up blaming them if problems will arise and it is always you who will be blamed if there will be one.

3. Study well

Remember that the money your parents are spending in your tuitions, daily allowances are their hard earned money. Every peso counts. Always be good in your academics, just give your parents reasons on why they should work hard more because of you. Having a good grades are already enough for their hardships in work be worth it.

Studying is never easy most especially when you are now dealing with your majotlr subjects. You may have some low grades but not to the extent that you will fail. But if you fail, as long you know you did your best then you will have no regrets but promise yourself to be better the second time around.

4. Save

Do not spend all your money in buying things which are not related or you do not need in studying. Help your parents by not spending all your allowance in something not worth it especially if your know that you are not financially stable but if financially stable, you can also save if you want to.

5. Be careful on choosing who will be your friends

Your companions will also give an impact on your future. As the saying goes, "when you are with a circle of friend who are studious, then most likely you will aslo become studious but when you are in a circle of friends who are lazy, bad influence then you have a great possibility to become just like them. So you must choose carefully.

Studying will never be easy, the pressure is on. There are a lot of sleepless nights you have to deal with but always remember, you will reap what your sowed. Just always do your best. Take a break if tired, yes you need to recharge, do not quit. Only stop when you are done.