2019

Denise Abellera
Sep 2, 2018 · 2 min read

Life is taking a turn.

And I’m preparing for it.

I started climbing the corporate ladder since 2008. Fresh out of college, my only concern was getting into a good company and earning a fat paycheck.

I never thought about how this even fit in with “my plan”. I didn’t even have a plan.

I didn’t even have a dream — I was too busy studying in college to even think of what I wanted my life to be.

So day in and day out — for the last 9.5 years — I walked to work, swiped my badge, sat down in my workstation, and lived the IT life.

Anything anyone asked for, I delivered.

Anything anyone didn’t want to analyze, I studied.

Anything anyone had an issue with, I helped resolve.

I worked during lunch. I worked overtime. I worked on weekends.

Lately, I’ve been questioning why I even do this. Well, duh, MONEY.

Money to secure my future, money to fund my travels, money to just earn because nothing else interests me. I’m too busy to be interested in anything else.

But it recently dawned on me — is working for my office the only way to earn money?

And who said I have to spend the rest of my life living away from family to sit on the same chair in the same building in the same city since 2008??

Oh. I did.

So I officially override my decision with a new, scary one:

2019 is my banner year of self-discovery.

I will pursue all the things I’ve been passionate about when I was young.

I will pursue the things I’ve put off just because I never had the time for it.

And writing about it is just the beginning — whatever it may be.

합시다!

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