Why I Feel Like the Universe Had a Huge Role in My Career

When I was in high school, we were required to take the National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE), to well, assess our career in the future. I answered truthfully to most of the questions. Some of the questions, I had to guess. Especially in Mathematics. When the results came, we were scheduled for a one-on-one evaluation. Everyone has their Top 2 Career Assessment Results. When the counselor showed me mine, I wasn't thrilled. My Top 2 were either a nun, or somewhere in the marketing/advertising. WTH are those?

I was religious during my high school days, considering that I was from a catholic school. I always go to the Adoration Chapel to pray on my own, on weekdays, on weekends. I always pray the rosary with my grandma. So I thought I'd be someone from a religious group.

College entrance examinations came, and all I wanted to be was a fashion designer. I wanted to get into Slim's Fashion & Art School, or any Fashion Institutes in Manila. I don't know what UP, Ateneo, UST, or UE were. But then, I got to Ateneo de Naga University. When I was handed the courses, I initially chose DIA (Digital Arts & Illustration), but seeing how many Math subjects they have to take, I went for something unknown and easy: AB Communication. The only background I know about them is they at least write. And at that time, I'm also dreaming to be a writer for Sparkling Magazine: the magazine for Korean enthusiasts.

From time to time, I try to be active. I've been more into filming - directing, scriptwriting, storyboard making, editing, etc. And I won 1st place with a friend on the "Best in Branding" category. Not even knowing it, I started to love my course. Covering events with my MEDIA ID is something I will never forget. 

And here comes graduation, the last stage to the real world. And well well well, guess what I am? A graphic designer/brand manager in a digital marketing online platform. In the process of being where I am now, I got to say, the journey was really shitty but I wouldn't have it any other way. I loved that it was shitty and I was able to get through all the bumpy roads. 

I'm not specifically a marketing specialist or an advertising specialist (???) but as I grow my passion turned into something better, much bigger. I love helping out brands present themselves the way they need to be with their respective audiences. And I do this through marketing collaterals and social media content creation/management.

That was some long-ass story on how I felt like the universe has something to do where I am now, but it's weirdly amazing isn't it? I was that K-Pop fangirl who wants nothing but to marry her oppas (which is not a bad thing, I'm still probably married to a lot, but divorced from Ahn Jae Hyun and Song Joong Ki HMFFF), eat ramyeon all day and wants to get into some fashion institute with barely good fashion sketches, into someone who wanted more for others than herself. 

I just want to tell you, and remind you, that maybe some signs are subtle, and some are not, but either way, if the universe tells you it's yours, it is yours to conquer. 

Yours tuh-rue-ly,

Sam