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Hi, I'm Nico Rocha.
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Hi, my name is Bea.
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Hi, my name is Patria Moquillo and I'm a makeup artist.
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I was working in corporate for about 8 years now.
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And then last month, I decided to quit.
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I started as a IT project manager 7 years ago, 2016, which means just basically doing coding.
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Now, in my current work now, I'm now a sports broadcaster.
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Basically, pag sports broadcaster, you're the anchor play-by-play for the games.
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So, for example, in a UAAP game, ako yung nagsasabi na Key for a Venom for free, ganoon, mga ganoon.
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Theater really is my passion. I would say it's something that I can do even with my eyes closed.
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Then eventually, I had to go abroad and work for a factory.
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After that, when I got back, I became a call center agent.
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For the same company, I became a trainer then in recruitment.
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So, maraming shit.
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I studied business in college.
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So, automatically, where do you go after that, right?
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It's either you go into corporate and then start your own business.
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I thought that it would be the most practical way to, of course, earn money and gain experience.
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I've changed in terms of, I guess, my priority now.
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Like right now, I'm prioritizing, at this point, would be my financial stability.
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Medyo leap of faith for me kasi hindi siya stable like having a day job.
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Ayun, I'm still grinding up to now.
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I know na this is the right path for me despite it being so unstable in terms of not knowing when the next paycheck would come.
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But I like how I have to work.
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If I don't work, I don't get anything.
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Hi, I'm Jaboy and I am 20 years old and I am a second year struggling, suffering nursing student.
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I am here because I'm thinking about pursuing med school in the future.
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However, may doubt sa akin, may doubt sa otak ko na baka hindi para sa akin ito.
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What were your thought process before deciding na hindi ko na gustong ginagawa ko?
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Or when you feel na hindi na talaga ito ang path niyo?
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I thought that the friends I made at work would be enough to make up for just the daily grind of going to work.
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I always weigh things if it's still gonna be good for my mental health legitimately because it can be really toxic.
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Kasi parang napromote ako sa work pero I thought na okay, promotion means more money, more money makes you want to stay, right?
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Pero hindi. For me, napromote nga but dumami rin yung trabaho.
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I think yun yung pinakanaging deciding factor for me.
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Hindi na ako masaya sa ginagawa ko.
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But when I talk to my friends in the same line of work, for them, they really feel fulfilled.
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They feel like this is the one for them.
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So hindi ako makirelate dun sa love nila for the things that we're doing.
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So the thought process were like, if my heart's not in it, hindi ko na gagawin.
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So I weigh in things like if I continue doing this for the next year, will I gain more than I will lose?
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Ba't sa kanya kasi, he's a second year nursing, diba? So completely different.
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Prioritize first. Think of like a backup plan before shifting into a different career altogether.
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Kasi pag sa medical field, dapat parang simula pa lang, alam mo na, if your heart's in it.
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Pero pag ganyan, I think that's a sign for him, the passion to serve.
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Hindi siya completely all in. He might have a different path na he has yet to discover.
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Or meron na siguro on the side that we don't know about.
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Is it worth it? Oh!
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My self-esteem was deeply damaged after I had given up acting altogether.
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Because I was really set to have that clear path after taking up theater.
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And I did a couple of films in between, but nothing that has evolved into something.
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Because it was kind of short-lived.
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So I had to sacrifice the monthly salary, the benefits, lahat.
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Hindi mo iisipin sa mapupulutin yung pera.
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But I had to give up what I knew I can do and what I really was passionate about.
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To really be financially independent.
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It's worth it for me kasi I'm now able to hang out with different people.
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Yung wife ko, nakakasama ko siya after work.
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May energy ako to actually do things with her.
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I'm at peace, internally.
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Yun yung the best way to describe it. I'm at peace.
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Nakakatulog na ako ng maigi. Nawawala na yung mga anxiety ko and everything.
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Compared to when I was working in my past job.
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Also if I took that route, you know how stereotypically artists would strive
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before they get to a certain comfortable position.
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So I have every 15-30 cut-off.
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At least I'm set and safe. On that area at least.
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How did you handle the pressure from your environment?
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For sure, maingay. Maraming bumubulong na kesyo.
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Sayang naman na nasimulan mo. How?
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I think it was a lot of working through my fear of uncertainty.
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And fear of being left behind by my peers.
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Parang saking naman yung inaaral mo.
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Saking naman yung nilagay ng parents mo na pera dun sa education mo.
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So I'm sure ma-re-receive niyo yun at the start.
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When I see people that I kinda were working with at that time
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and see their career really go far.
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Because they kept at it, diba? And I couldn't.
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I became very recluse.
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Like I isolated myself away from film people for a while,
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theater people for a while.
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So you have to really just tell yourself na you're on your own journey.
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You reassess with yourself that are you really sure you're all in here?
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Would you do the necessary steps to get to the end goal?
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Hindi naman pwede sabihin kasi na lipat ka lang ng career.
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Just because it's fun eh. Dapat may end goal kayo.
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It was really kinda detrimental to my self-esteem
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having to shut myself away from that,
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knowing that's kinda what I have been dreaming of since I was a kid.
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Sometimes life would sort of redirect you to something else
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but it doesn't mean that you're lost coz of that.
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You just have to find the path towards what's meant for you, I guess.
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Kim Huevos, was it hard starting all over again?
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Well, right now, since it's a very recent thing,
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I can't feel the difficulty yet.
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Kasi everyone has been so supportive of me.
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They've been referring me to friends and other family members
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to get me for gigs.
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Kasi when I got to the call center industry,
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when I was an agent, I was told na parang
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added end job yan, yun ka na forever.
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In my mind, parang you know what, things.
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I was like, you know what, I'm gonna prove these people wrong
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that there's like direction towards this.
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So that's why I became like a recruiter, then a trainer.
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In the field that I chose, broadcasting and sports broadcasting,
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ang una ko ginawa is like,
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who can teach me to get the skills that I wanted to acquire?
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So I searched through Facebook, ganyan-ganyan,
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meron bang workshop and everything.
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Thankfully, noong time na yun,
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may workshop na mangyayari two weeks after I quit.
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Right now yun, okay pa siya.
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But I know it's gonna be difficult when I won't get as much gigs
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or the uncertainty of it all na you don't know
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what's gonna happen in the next few weeks.
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It's really hard like starting over na.
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Pero mahirap siya pero mahal ko kasi.
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Sabi ko sa sarili ko, how do I, ano,
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how do I keep my face at least in the minds of people
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or at least ma-recognize ako by someone out there na relevant sa industry.
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It's hard but if it's worth it, di mo mararamdaman na yung pagod
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kasi it's fulfilling at the end of the day.
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Were you able to find a job quickly after you changed your career path?
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Because you know in the Philippines, it's so hard to find a job.
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Because I already knew call center was really accessible to anybody
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provided that you have the communication skills.
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Honestly, I was one of those people who kinda thought it was the last resort.
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Parang okay, push comes to shove, ito na lang.
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I set up myself to be in that situation.
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If you don't equip yourself with the right skills,
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with the right preparation,
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eh di kahit ma-offeran ka ng trabaho in a very fickle industry,
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papakawalan ka rin nagad.
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To get the job call, you prepare, you do the necessary stuff
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in order to get that call.
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And then the hardest part is staying.
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There will always be people who are gonna be better than you.
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It's something that you have to realize from the start
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na hindi ikaw yung the best.
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I had two rejections prior to actually getting to a center
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like with zero experience.
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So, it was challenging.
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Connections, like connecting with people is very underrated.
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Aside from skills, ano yung skills mo if you don't interact with people?
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You have to become an extrovert.
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I was an introvert IT guy, very typical one.
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It's great if you're already a extrovert or really amazing
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with interacting with different people.
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But for most, just like me, I started off as a introvert.
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It's a skill that you have to obtain or learn.
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Did you really feel a sense of fulfillment and relief
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after changing your career path?
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You know, like the whole shift between me as a recruiter
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and as a trainer, I was so lucky to have that opportunity
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because as a recruiter, you get to see the first application ni candidate
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and then endorse them to training.
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So, I got to be a trainer also.
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So, it's kinda like a really good continuity of seeing how the journey is.
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It was a weight off my shoulder.
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I was really burnt out on my previous job.
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And now that I have my own time and I'm able to express myself more creatively.
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I knew from there that this is what I want to do.
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I want to be in sports media in one way or another.
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A part of me was reborn again.
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My repressed childhood creative self is back in the pictures.
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And getting paid to do what you love is a luxury that not a lot of us can do.
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But also just how fulfilling it is.
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Seeing someone's life literally change in front of you.
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I've had candidates that I've talked to.
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They were really struggling financially.
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Then after I've given them the job offer,
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I get calls or texts like,
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Ms. Bea, salamat, you changed my life.
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That I think is what's super fulfilling with the track I'm in right now.
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It's having to be that person to change someone's life,
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intentional or unintentionally.
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If you'll be given a chance to choose again,
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will you change your decision or will you still choose your path today?
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If ever my boss sees this,
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I'm just kidding.
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I think no regrets with what I did because it brought me to now.
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I will still choose my path today.
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At least for those seven years,
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I earned the money to do the things I want right now.
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In sports media, it's hard.
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You don't have much money at the first year.
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Unless you have projects right away.
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From working in corporate,
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you get a lot of criticism.
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You get to learn a lot of skills as well that I'm using now.
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You get thick-skinned.
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If I started at 21 years old,
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and I get criticized,
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I might feel like I might give up too early.
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Because I feel like at that age,
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I didn't have the skills yet to be where I am right now.
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Because I have a lot of what-ifs now.
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And that's what's killing me.
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What if I didn't leave?
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What if I didn't listen to my parents and went to Canada?
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What if I still tried to push it?
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I don't hate what I'm doing now,
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but if there's one thing that I regret,
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it's that I didn't fight for it as much as I would have wanted to.
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I learned a lot from corporate.
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It doesn't mean I didn't learn anything.
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I just don't love it.
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For those probably who are still within that fork in the road,
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I'd totally advise to stick by it.
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You're eventually gonna feel it when you have to pull out at one point.
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You have to be practical now.
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But if the means is still there,
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the fire is still there,
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and it's just exterior factors trying to stop you from doing what you want,
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don't listen, cancel out the noise,
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then you don't have to live life having what-ifs.
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I don't think it's ever too late to do anything.
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There will be a lot of new emotions coming in
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and new experiences then.
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So you have to be open to that.
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Actually, it doesn't matter if you're 30, 40, 50,
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as long as you equip yourself with the proper skills,
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the right people, the right mentors, the right community.
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So what I do is I have content on TikTok, YouTube,
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in order to improve myself every day,
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get used to the camera.
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Because before, I was so scared of the camera.
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I used to stare at it.
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I don't know what to say.
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Everything shuts off before.
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But now, because of that,
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I'm getting used to having a camera on my face,
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talking to people who are way above me in terms of status.
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That's how I convince myself that this is for me.
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There's never an age limit to becoming who you want to be.
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May that be a recruiter, may that be an actor.
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It's never too late for any changes.
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Aralan niyo ano yung need niyo.
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May it be medicine or whatever, diba?
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You really have to believe then in what you can do
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and believe in yourself na kaya mo yan whatever happens.
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I think it's a case-to-case basis talaga.
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Some people, let's say, has more of the bandwidth
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to sort of do one thing and then a side hustle
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because, let's say, he or she is just living for himself.
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Be realistic because you just can't change career paths
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just because your heart tells you to change.
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You have to assess a lot of things, right?
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Because the bills will always come.
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Let's say, somebody else is depending on you.
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I think the financial side of it would be the priority.
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Kasi diba, I mentioned a while ago na any age,
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you can change career paths.
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But in different age range, iba-iba na yung pinagladaanan natin.
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So, for 20s, do you have capital?
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Do you have the money to sustain that kind of living that you want?
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30s, how about your family? Are they okay with it?
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In the end, it's more of you be realistic with what you want to do.
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And once you assess na, okay, kaya ko na mag-change career path,
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only then you equip yourself with the right skills.
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It will get better.
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You know, like, you have to take your time
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to really process letting go of one thing
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and then getting into another thing.
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But ultimately, at least for me,
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once I have fully accepted, really,
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and just enjoyed what's in front of me
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and not really looked back so much at the past,
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it became so much easier for me to accept.
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One last piece of advice,
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it would be to have faith in yourself.
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Whatever it is that's gonna come your way, you'll be okay.
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You really just have to believe that.
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You can fail, you can succeed,
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but at the end of the day, you'll be okay.
