I was circling around the net like a vulture, looking for some new information to devour but nothing quite excited me. That's life isn't it? One moment you would give anything to be bored out of your mind and the next moment, you need to find something else to pre-occupy this shallow desire that demands to be noticed.
I was just reflecting on how my twenties turned out... now that I am about to be thrown into the middle of mine. Oh how delightful. I think I spent most of it figuring out what job I wouldn't mind doing. I didn't spend enough time actually making sure that I become spectacularly good at something... you know?
Now that I have realised it, moving forward from here on: I've decided that I want to be great with people!
See, i came to this conclusion because i don't think i'll ever be great at organising events - nor do i wish to do sucha thing for extended periods of time. I love conceptualising and I love throwing out ideas but doing something from start to finish has always been a pet peeve of mine. I just don't have the patience. Always itching to move on to something else. Which brings me to where I have chosen to be in life right now. I like meeting different people and I've been wanting to cry out to my colleagues saying - I CLOSED THE ACCOUNT. But in my line of work; it could probably take years and years and ain't nobody got time for that.
So I actually upped and left and moved into a completely new industry. Financial services. My friends asked me what happened, have i gone off the rail? I thought you wanted to write, i thought you loved being in the arts scene! Yes, yes and yes there are just too many things that I want to do and I refuse to be limited or defined by the office hours that I am made to commit with an institution or any company! Also it kinda got depressing when I realised that no matter how much i move around.... every job still confines me to a desk at the end of the day. It's not like i get to train seals. Well, there was one point where i was sorta working with children.... and that was kinda like being with animals, no?
Back to the point - Why I'm here? Simple, because there aren't enough good financial advisors around and I know I'm going to make that difference. I have had enough of my people meeting some lousy ass product peddler and setting aside thousands a year with them because of some misleading statement they made. Plus I know I'm going to be a good one because I'm working my ass off everyday to learn the right things.
So here i am, in personal sales. Oh god there's so much i need to learn. But I'm enjoying it. Mostly because I feel like what i have to say is important and i get compensated well for doing it. Ok i'll be honest - it's because I don't feel like i belong to someone else most of the week. I don't have a boss i need to report to yet i do get all the training i need to excel. Sure it's not what I've always dreamed off... but it's getting me a step closer to what i've always wanted - which is to have money and buy myself some time.
When I figure out my next step... I'll be logging in to write about it, yeah? Until then.
P/S: I'd like to add that this is the happiest I have been in 3 years. I am free. Alhamdullillah. I'm actually smiling while tying this entry out and that just feels... so good.
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