Rasya
I have been doing job hunting for the past two months and while preparing for the 101 cliche questions that are usually asked in a job interview, it hit me that I don’t have any dreams or goals in life.
Answering the question, I honestly don’t know.
I really don’t.
It’s a difficult question as I pride myself as someone who is a meticulous planner and totally ‘not going with the flow’ type of people but when it comes to thinking about future, I’m one clueless potato. I don’t have any specific ambitions ― who I wanted to be, whether I wanted to start my own business when I graduate or just write the book that I always wanted to write.
Growing up, I have been taught that those who failed to plan is planning to fail but when it comes to future, life taught you otherwise. It taught me that however detailed your plan is, God’s plan is the best one.
5 years ago,
I thought I had everything figured out.
5 years ago,
I wanted to become a chemical engineer because the pay yo the pay.
5 years ago,
I never imagined myself to walk away from natural sciences to liberal arts.
5 years ago,
I didn’t know that I would end up studying the Japanese language.
Thinking it through, I come to realise the reason I couldn’t answer the question mainly because I don’t even know whether I could make it alive tomorrow so how can I predict what kind of person I would be in the future? The only thing I know is that I have to work hard in constantly improving myself so when the time comes where I found my passion I would have the abilities to pursue it.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
NIETZSCHE
Rasya
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Assalamualaikum n hi Nurul Rasya 🙂
Hahaha, this post is attracting me to leave my comment here. It’s been a while from my last time visiting your blog. Wow, it’s changed, again ! ^^
You’re jinjja particularly a creative blogger ! Daebak !
Orite, regarding this post of yours, hurmmm… It took a long breath of mine as I’m thinking back who was I 5 years ago and who I will become in next 5 years… Hahaha.
5 years ago… Somehow a bit same like you… At that time, I was never imagine my life would ever having opposite counterpart from the mainstream course I studied. I thought I would ‘live’ forever in Pure Science course or at least, being involve in food science as I always love chemistry and always eager on food content by at that time.
But Allah is the best planner. Who would know, I left the journey as a food science student in my bachelor degree. Instead, becoming a retail branch asst manager after 5 years of multiple work experiences. Lot of journey for the past 5 years that most of it makes me forget how quick time flies.
And I never thought I would meet your blog and your journey in Japan (as this is one of my dream – to study abroad – 5 years ago that I’m still unable to achieve it yet but you’re inspiring me by read your stories of being there)
And… Thanks Nurul Rasya, for bring me to look back once again…… So that I could fix my bad from the past for the better future in next 5 years hehehe…
I hope to continue our conversation on e-mail again. Insya-Allah~
Salam 15th Ramadhan from Johor, Malaysia.
Regards, Ct Roxalynna.
Oh wow thank you for the lovely comment xD
I think life is great in a way that what we expect is not what we would get.
And I hope that in the future you would be able to achieve your dreams.
Huhu somehow I didn’t imagine my life would turn out like this 5 years ago. It’s a bit diverted from my plan. And it proves that human can only plan, when all the best plans come from Allah. 🙂
I’m curious. Is being a doctor a career that you wanted to have?