I didn’t know what to do for the last FRO blog post on the career part, until I saw a poster near the library where we rent out laptops. The career decision workshop held by Tanuja Ramchal was on Thursday October 19th at 12:20pm – 2pm located on 14-240. There was a website where we’d have to rsvp for the event.
It was Thursday the day of the career decision workshop. Theatre class ended around 11:45, leaving an ample amount of time to chill and relax before the workshop starts. As expected, I miscalculated on my time because I forgot to add traffic time, resulting in me being late for the workshop. Furthermore, I didn’t know how to get to the 14th floor; I thought the 13th floor was the last floor because there were no visible pathway for the usual stairs and elevator route that I’ve been used to get to class. I began to panic when I got to the 13th floor. I inquired a random person, hopefully he has a greater knowledge of the building. I finally got to the 14th floor and I was once again lost. The 14th floor was basically a maze for me. I would follow the signs but wouldn’t be the right room. This reminds me of those Scooby Doo’s shows where the monster would chase the gang through ghost as a comedic, filler scene. It took a good 20 minutes of my time until I found the room.
I entered the room with such haste and asked another random person whether or not this was the right room for the career workshop. That person was a photographer and I assumed he was pursuing a higher college degree.The workshop itself was unexpected. First of all, I realized that there were only eight or ten people including the host, Tanuja Ramchal. Second of all, these people were older than me, ranging from seniors to graduates. I was shocked on my discovery but at the same time question myself whether this was a good idea to register for this career workshop. In spite of the weirdness, I didn’t regret not registering for this workshop; the workshop enlightened me on how to make good decisions and overcome fear. There was this one exercise where Ramchal told us to write whatever dreams you want to achieve if there were no limitation. To my surprise, a lot of people would rather relax or pick another career where they enjoy the most than to work despite their years obtaining their college degree. Ramchal explains this phenomenon as a boarder line to an individual’s living. She further explains that the individual’s living standard is considerably much lower than one’s dreams, thus making it impossible to achieve it. Therefore, she explains that we have to increase the living standard and make a reasonably dream, instead of hovering just above the expenses of standard living.
Another exercise was to close our eyes and imagine the possible outcomes of the decision you’ve made in the shoe’s of your future self. She told us that when making a good decision we must think ahead of all the possible problems. Overall, the workshop helped me to reevaluate my life and think ahead in my future self.
