"Leave this guy; he fits in properly with office work, and he went to study civil engineering in school; I don't know who advised him to study that course in school."
This was the statement made by one of the bosses (pastors) I served. We were (me, my pastor, and one younger pastor) coming back from a function one day, discussing people's ambitions and visions, and he lashed me hard with those words.
After that day, I settled down and began to think over all he said, and I smiled at myself because all he said was correct.
I'm the type that likes a stress-free life, and what I studied (engineering) is completely far from it. I guess that's why I'm yet to get into practice but switched on to practicing other professions.
Ever since I was in school, I've been into finance and office management. It baffles me a lot why I kept seeing myself in this sector, to the extent that my position in the company I previously worked was to handle cash and records. Maybe I should have gone into banking, accountancy, or office management in school, but I took the other route, which I somehow loved.
How did I end up in civil engineering?
It's well known in Nigeria to a large extent that you're not sure about studying the course you have in mind until you're finally given admission. It's sometimes a game of luck and smarts.
As for me, I was very good in mathematics and physics during high school, but chemistry was nowhere to be found, so I had the intention of going into mechanical engineering because it has more employable opportunities, as we saw it those days. But when the first phase of the admission application landed, it pushed me to my second option, which was civil engineering. I checked the similarities in both courses and decided to play along with the course; so far, I have nothing like chemistry to worry about.
That was how I found myself there, breaking and integrating all the "evil" mathematical courses. All through my studies, the only time I had a tough time was when a little bit of chemistry was introduced, mehn! I got "sick in the brain" because everything seemed like a magical world. But thank God I passed that particular course. How did I do that? I still don't know.
During my years of studies, there was a period when I got employed as an accountant in my church. I loved the job and I did perfectly well because it was so stress-free; the only time I go out is when I need to visit the bank or some other branches. The major work there was monetary calculations, and the ideas I have in civil engineering made it easy peasy.
Where I am right now
For now, I'm into a lot of things that I find easy to do while earning a living. I still have the knowledge of what I studied, but I'm very far from practicing it, and the situation has made me wonder why I took that part of my studies.
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I'm still on the path of self-discovery, and with the way it's heading, I might end up loving and settling for two or more spots in life.
Thank you for reading.