No pressure

I was going to write a full blog but I'm pressed for time. So instead, I'm going to utilize my newly acquired Business Communications skills which call for brief, concise and natural language writing. Here's what's on my mind right now:

My Marketing Prof, in her traditional final lecture speech/advice, wished us good luck for our finals and encouraged us to study hard. She said that based on her experience, life is so much more enjoyable when you have money and the effort that we put into studying right now will be the difference between getting the mortgage we need versus getting the mortgage we want. She expressed her approval of SFU's despicable policy of grading all Business courses on a curve because it forces us to compete with each other- which is how it's going to be in the real world.

Talk about saying the complete opposite of "Good luck, no pressure!". Not that I don't appreciate the advice and totally agree with her but now I'm spending half of my study time worrying about whether or not I'm working hard enough to even get a shot at achieving my goals. It's a tough world out there and I, for one, am scared shitless thinking about all the wrong turns and dead ends that I may face.

Sometimes I wish I chose a more defined career path. I wanted to be in business because I was attracted by all the opportunities but now I'm discouraged because there is a very thin line between becoming a boring office worker and actually getting out there as an innovator.

I want to be passionate about my work and I want to be happy with the life that I live. I really hope I'm taking the right steps because time is running out and pretty soon, I won't be able to turn things around anymore.

Not being pessimistic; just being real, as always.