Abandon the life you had planned…because you are not the same person who made those plans.

Montmartre apartment’s view, Paris 2019.

Five years ago, I finished my bachelor, 5 years of exhaustive work, creation and knowledge. I had made plans after graduation: Masters degree, thesis, job, city….then, all changed.

I realized I had changed so much during my journey that the plans I made back then were unrecognizable. How did I planned things I not like anymore? In which moment I stopped to find joy and happiness in my daily tasks? Not sure if I have found the answer, but pretty sure we all evolve and want it or not, our plans must evolve with us too. Doesn’t matter if you had already figure it out your next step, if somehow you feel you don’t belong anymore to that agenda, leave it. Let it go and create a new one.

It is not easy, most of the people expect you to have long term goals, specific ones and don’t get me wrong, I am an oriented goal woman. However, we are allowed to reflect and meditate our daily journey, just to make sure if our mind, desires and expectations are still there.

I admire people who changed, who studied and dedicated their life doing one thing and then suddenly is up in new areas. I admire people who accept those changes and embrace them. Because, I am pretty sure most of us have had doubts of our next steps or next journey, but not brave enough to leave them, because society’s approval. And this approval is not a direct order, but how on earth a design company will hire an analytical engineer who never have been involved in a design environment? Isn’t our growth desire and self improvement enough to get into new plans?

Really hope that as time flows, people, society, companies and related ones accept that change of plans are part of growing in life.