[Liara Covert]

It's funny how we're almost programmed to make certain life choices and then, if we start thinking for ourselves, things don't always seem to jive. This isn't really a problem unless you tell yourself it's a problem. When the results you get don't meet your expectations, that may be because you were misguided or you hadn't really listened to yourself or known yourself before. You can read to justify your mindset or to help make up for what you lack, but its more difficult to convince yourself of a career path that isn't really right for you.

Back in undergraduate university, I began taking Science because I thought that was logical at the time. It suited my longer term goals of the time too. Then, after taking some courses, I realized I didn't like it all as I thought I would. It was a bit of a shocker to hear to my inner voice suggest bridging Science and Arts. People didn't expect me to do that. The separate faculties didn't want me to do that. I was considered a troublemaker at the same time as a pioneer. The process taught me a lot about my determination. It also taught me that I desired to experience more in life than the narrow path I had initally planned for myself. Stepping out of my comfort zone was good. This taught me great things can result from facing your fears.

I've learned you won't always like all the things you do in life. Yet, doing some things you don't like is eactly what you need to discover who you are and create a path your happy with. Life choices are experiments. As you learn to hear your inner voice, you're more likely to start to question why you have convinced yourself certain choices are for you. Above all, you need to decide what kind of commitments you're willing to make as part of your learning process. Once you commit to something, you can learn from it, whatever happens.