Finding Clarity and Refueling My Passion: A Story of Encouragement

Every day, I get different words of advice on vast topics. Many of them are relevant, and I keep them in mind. If I could pick one as a favorite, well, it would be quite the challenge, as there are many that I hold dear to my heart. Therefore, I will be sharing one that has spurred me into becoming more myself.

Over the years, I have found myself taking an interest in different things, and they may not all be related. I consider myself a curious person. When I get excited about something, I try to dive in as quickly as I can. This has allowed me to delve into many things, learn them, and get deeply involved quite quickly.

An example would be how I picked up music. I was asked to give an instrument a try and see if I would like to do music. I gave the guitar a try, and not long afterwards, I became deeply passionate about it. And in no time, I was exploring on my own and learning faster.

And now, looking back, I see that I have gotten very involved in certain aspects and love them all very much. Music, photography, writing, and automation engineering are things that I have taken a lot of interest in. This isn't me trying to be vain, I promise. The issue, really, is knowing which to stick with long-term and make a solid career out of.

Some day, however, when I was in a conversation with a dear friend of mine, I got inspired by her gracious words of advice to keep doing me. She said to me that I should just "keep doing the things I enjoy doing, keep improving, and some thing will click one day." She buttressed her point by giving examples of some successful people who had tried many things in life until something finally "clicked."

Dropping any of the things I love to do simply because I just want to focus on one thing didn't seem like something I would be happy with, although the main thing would understandably have to take dominance at some point. Her words have given me fuel to fire up.

She even went further to help me see how relevant some of the things in which I have an interest are to each other. For example, something I do every day is write. And when I do write, I would need to make a thumbnail that would pop—make a lot of sense, basically. Since I take time to learn and explore different ideas on Canva, I can achieve that goal of having a fitting thumbnail. The use of photography—another thing I am enthusiastic about—comes in handy some times, especially when I would like to use original photos.

What I do now—although it has been a little shaky—is that I try to keep learning and improving myself in the things I am interested in as much as I can. They excite me after all.

I just graduated from the university, and figuring out the way forward hasn't been the easiest thing so far. So what I do now is stick to the things I can develop and hope something clicks for me. Until then, I will keep doing me.

If my friend hadn't showered me with her kind words of advice, I may have as well been worried a lot more and let things go without realizing potentials, and that would have been a decision I may not be entirely happy with.