It is always a normal human tendency to crib about things. We wake up and crib about how sleepy we are. We go to office and crib about work…we are not happy with our career and we constantly rant about it. But what are we doing to change it? Nothing! 

I am also one of them and trust me I have existential crisis. I not only crib about my career but I always feel pity for myself for not being able to change it. But all it needs is…courage. We have heard stories of big billionaires who had nothing but have achieved everything just with an idea and dedication to follow their passion. 

This article is also about boosting your motivation and just taking that one step of which you are scared as hell. I have been scared since past 9 years. Though deep down I knew, I don’t want to survive in this corporate world, yet I never took the initiative to change it. I survived it, instead. Which of course is not healthy. But as we say, its never too late for a new beginning. 

There are people who know their passion, and hence for them it is easy to chase their dream. But for people like us, who don’t know what we like, but we definitely know – what we hate, we have to give it a thought and figure out ways to get out of our toxic zone and at least try things to know what we can like. 

After struggling and surviving my years in this corporate life, which of course I cannot drop out of, as I have responsibilities to handle and dependents to manage. I have tried many things to transition my career. With my flickery mind, I have tried many options, but never pursued it consistently. Hence I still go to my job, crying like a kindergarten baby!

But not for long! I was scared inside to spend money (with the responsibilities I had) and with my “extraordinary” savings. Still after doing a lot of research on what I would like to do and how I would like to pursue my career going forward, I applied for upGrad’s Digital Marketing course. I still remember the day when I was applying for my college placements, 9 years back, and when someone would ask me what kind of job would you like? The first thought that came to my mind was, I want to do a job where I meet new people every day and connect with them and get to know about them. And hence the obvious field I chose was – Sales & Marketing. I am still proud that I know literally “N” number of people and my contact list has increased exponentially. But now as my Adulthood is kicking, that innocent child is gone, and I literally would love to be an introvert and have less people time. 

I took this big difficult step in my career and decided to finally transition my field. The course which I have opted via upGrad is quite in-depth and has covered all the aspects of Digital Marketing. To touch roots with my actual experience, this course is a silver lining for me. As the course is from MICA, the syllabus covers everything. They say IIT is for Technology, IIM is for Management and MICA is definitely for Marketing. With this growing competition in Digital World, this course could be a stepping stone. Though this is a very big step…the fear and the doubts of how correct this decision is for my life, still persists. But as I said, taking that difficult step is very important. 

The most difficult decision to make is the one which will give you the happiest moment when achieved. All it takes is consistency, commitment and a big “Yes” to do it. If you are also having confusion on your life regarding a particular decision, then I would suggest just take that decision and get done with it. I am sure it will lead you to some direction and get you out of the current situation. But yes, take that step towards change!