To start with the basics.. I had a stable career with everything looking bright ahead of me. Of course there was a couple tweaks here and there that had to be made to guarantee success, but nothing big enough that a year or two of structured hard work wouldn't be able to fix. Reason for quitting was to find a career that would match my character better.. Something I would enjoy doing. Working directly with people.. not couped up in a lab, making teeth.....
So I made a bold step, and quit to enter the real estate world. Everyone around me thought it was a good step for me. Everything was going to be better now..
4 months in, and on a day to day basis i have major doubts and I wonder if I made a mistake. I turned down a high paying management job to take over my own business.. That would also come with the price of moving down to FL where the new business was purchased. But most importantly I left my family business. The place of work where i learned most of my discipline and due diligence. This brings the question that I've been asking since before I changed work places..
Am i in the wrong for leaving my family behind, and overloading them with the work load that I should have been covering?
Or am I in the right for looking out for my own future and happiness?
yay! you have a blog! =)
ReplyDeletei don't think you made a "wrong" or "bad" choice leaving your family business. No doubt it was a hard decision for you and yeah, it's not gonna be smooth sailing all the time, however, you have to think about your own future and happiness too. You're gonna have to eventually start your own family, right? maybe that's going really far but anyways, you get my point. =) I guess you can think of this new job you're in as a "step" to getting to point B. No matter what, don't regret. Just try to do the best you can and if it doesn't work out-it doesn't, but at least you can look back and say you learned a lot from it. =) i wrote too much so im gonna stop now. hhahaha! xD
Do what you have to do while hoping that it's for the best. i don't think you left to look out purely for yourself. Just like i didn't leave to look out for myself. i definitely would've preferred the comfort and speed of attending Kennesaw rather than moving out to expensive California. But sometimes the big decisions are that much more difficult because you care about the people involved. Obvious, i guess...
ReplyDeleteWish you the best, bro. It isn't easy having to make huge changes, but sometimes it just needs to be done. i really believe that you can do this thing if you put your mind to it. And you can actually believe me since you know i wouldn't bother lying to you if i thought you couldn't do it. Love you, bro. Keep blogging it up, nerd.