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Graduation from study at university represents a significant milestone in one's life, for it is the point where one has garnered considerable knowledge in a subject domain and is ready to enter the working world. More importantly, it represents a new phase of life where one will be officially entering adulthood, leaving the cocoon granted by family and then like a mature bird letting go of its feet on the ground to fly skyward. Whether one is about to embrace newfound freedom can be subjective. For me, it definitely is a great time for I know I shall be enjoying a serious long break and laze after about 16 years of receiving formal education.
The three-month interval where I have my break before getting my first job is rather inspirational. There is a slight change in my routines. While I continue my usual love of reading, I catch up with some old friends and chat more with my family members. Even more significant is that I learn to relax myself more as I used to take things seriously and have high expectation of myself. Being a dragon-born, I reckon it is usual to exhibit a bit of such persona.
During this white space (the break as I would like to call it), I rearrange my priorities in life and live more wholly. This is in contrast to my past behaviour where I always focus on my goals to the extent that I sometimes forget about other aspects of life. I cherish every bit of this white-space period for it allows me to connect with my inner self and to know what is really important.
Graduating may not be fun especially if one don't know what one really wants to work, which is the case for quite some people. A lack of a clear sense of direction is perfectly okay because as a fresh graduate, one may need a bit of exploration to find what one really wants. I for one has been in such situation too. After about 1.5 months getting my result, I get my job at a local public-listed company as a business analyst. The subsidiary I am working with serves clients in the stock broking industry. So it means learning the ins and outs of share trading.
I first get interested in stock market and investment in general when a friend shared a book on George Soros two years ago. A bit of exploration was done back then. But that was just pure learning. Learning and actually doing it are two different things altogether. No amount of knowledge is comparable to the experience one gains from actually doing something, regardless of however huge the knowledge base is. Now armed with some basic knowledge on share trading, I hope one day I will be able to "play the stock market" too after amassing a certain amount of investment fund.
And of course to pray to be able to pursue my passion full time some time in the future!
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