What's your Plan?

I came to realize that as I neared the age of 21, I built my plans - my own plans about my life and how I would like things go. I built my plans as the plans needed by any structure to be built. I built my plans as what real plans (read: structural plan) undergo. There are lots of revisions such that it will be implemented and in accordance to the owner and contractor's demands (read: me and others)

(Interlude: I was supposed to make this some sort of my plans then how I realized the importance of working here but I don't know how I relate my plans to the structural plans. LOL)

(I'll try to put this post back as planned. HAHA!) My plan was barely lame. It was just time-bounded. I graduate. I pass the licensure exam. I bum for a month or two. I get a job for three years as experience. I build my own. End of story.

I know it's just the backbone of my [career] plan. But, I never expected how the third part seems to be the hardest. Bumming is difficult to plan. It has no limits and you definitely do not know when "quota" means itself. 

Graduating is really easy. You just have to be a student and enjoy being one. Of course, everyone endures sleep deprivation. It’s part of being a student along with non-stop partying. What’s difficult is you have to balance these two for four years and/or more. 

Passing the licensure exam is a different story. It is the culmination of all the hardships and efforts you made for how many years. It is probably the climactic point in your life. The preparation is another story. It is a part of my life that I think I dint enjoy and go through. 

Well, I have been through the first and second phases. Now, I am currently stuck at the third. Probably because, I enjoy it a lot. Partly, because I am still unsure in pursuing the fourth and fifth phases. 

My original plan was to work on a private company and preferably those large contractors equipped with equipments and high-end machines and technology. However, when I realized that I would not learn as much I needed, I began to rethink my plans.

Segue. Pursuing your “chosen” career path is not easy as you think it is especially when you have things you love along with or even more than your chosen field. I love writing. I even think this could be my career. I just don’t think I am good for that.

Here comes the juice, I guess. 

My plan was to work. The dilemma is where but not, where as in geographic location. I never wanted to work abroad. I want to serve the country. I know this might sound corny or what but the Philippines deserves something from its people and ultimately, something from me. 

I understand most of the students right now or even the professionals who want greener pastures. Salaries in the country are not as high as the other countries. Greater opportunities may await them as they leave the country. 

I could not believe how “brain drain” came to realize. I only remember it when we where taking our social studies class. Now, I can see this dilemma face to face. 

Philippines is a great country if we could only unravel its own potentials and love it at the same time. I believe the greatest opportunities come from serving your own country at your best.