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As a child we all had these dreams of the perfect career even when most of them are influenced by our parents, friends or movies. Yes I agree that the influence and passion for something can come from someone else or something else.
When I was younger I was usually very sick and my parents always had to take me to the hospital. Whenever the nurse was about to inject me with the medication, I would not cry and just stare at the process, this made her say that i was born to be a doctor. Over my multiple visits to the clinic as a child I got the same comments and my mom used to say I will be the doctor of the family.
Most kids my age back then normally changed career paths quite often. Today they want to be a pilot and the next day an astronaut but I never had that urge or feeling to change mine. I don't know if my lure to medicine and surgery stemmed from me constantly hearing comments like it was what I should do or if it was because I really wanted to do that. As i grew up and got to the stage of writing jamb, i did not get the required score to proceed with the dream course i had always wanted and the next year when i write jamb again i still did not get the required score so i went to study something else and through my new course i began to enjoy and start arranging my dreams and goals to align to it, at that point i realise that i never really wanted to be a medical doctor but wanted something in the health sector but more of a researcher in the lab. But frequently when i see doctors in real life or a movie i feel sad that i could not be one, it feels like i gave up on my dream like i am a coward. And maybe that feeling is because i held onto that dream for long as a child and when every other persons had change their dream a thousand times when younger i was changing mine now i was grown.
After my degree and NYSC i began questioning what i was going to do with my degree, if i should go further with masters. Thankfully I came across a scholarship program for cybersecurity, I applied and thankfully I got in. This was the birth of my new found passion recalling all those hacking movies i have watched, i found a new dream and it is one i quite enjoy.
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I made peace with the fact that dreams can change and it does not make one a coward. Even if it was my score that initially made me not able to get my first dream. I probably would have been happy if i got in and went down that road, but i am currently happy with my new one and in the end that's all that matters.
i see that was an interesting change. Everything happens for a reason . Great that you got that scholarship. Glad you found a new dream and enjoy it!
Yes, thank you so much.
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Dreams may change because as we grow older our outlook in life do change too. You're right, happiness made your dreams come true whatever it is. Dream that come true makes you happy and where you are right now made you happy and that what is important.
Yes, that’s what’s important. Thank you for reading.
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