When it comes to a career, I understand that I have to make many sacrifices in order to get ahead. Sacrifices are hard to make, but in the long run they can be extremely beneficial to what you do. They also teach new lessons from your profession and give you the chance to make better judgments. Sometimes sacrifices will get you on top, but there are choices in life that have no definitive answer and no possible sight of a decent future. Some can confuse and leave you wondering where it will take you and others would bring you straight to a dead end.
I see myself as a driver going down a highway with many stops, delays, and forks. If I exit off one ramp it will take me to a place I might enjoy, but there could be a chance I will never go back on that road. If I continue driving down that road, I may be passing up so many interesting places, and I may not like where the road would truly end, and if that is true, then I have gone through so much and made so many sacrifices for nothing. I will never know where the road takes me and, intellectually, I will never know the right from wrong choice.
As we go about our lives we tend to survive not just on knowledge and common sense, but also on guesses and gut feelings. I believe that when it comes to making sacrifices within my professional life, I would have to simply go with my gut when intellect and common sense doesn’t work. As a person who enjoys filmmaking I would make the sacrifices necessary to reach my goals, but I would never accept anything that would endanger my health or future. Because even though there are many opportunities in life, there is only one me.
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