I don't want my future to be forced on me
Yay! I'm going to do reception during my cousin's wedding. I guess that means I will tell guest where they are supposed to be seated and to give them parking coupons. =) I love weddings.
At every family function, people will ask me:"So what are you doing now? Are you helping your parents?" And then, I'll say:"Oh, wj is helping there. I'm in ntu now, taking a degree in mass comm." "Oh. I thought you would take business admin." Huhz. -_-"
People always assume that I'm going to take over my family's business. I might if wj doesn't do something good with it. I might if PR doesn't work out for me. I might if I find it a pity to just sell everything away. But the thing is there are deadlines for everything. You can only hold on to the franchise for 20 years. Already, we have lasted close to 10 years. And wj doesn't have many options except to take over everything. And I really want to put my degree to good use. I don't want to spend my future running a business, precisely because I see the blood, sweat and tears it takes to run a business.
My dad thinks I'm lucky. That wj and me are lucky. He said that he wished his parents had a business that he could have taken over in the past, so that he won't have to strive so hard now. But the thing is, if things were thrusted to you on a sliver platter, then where's the sense of achievement in that? I want my own life. I don't know if wanting my own life is selfish because I have no regards for the business that my dad has built, but I know that I don't plan to run this thing with wj. I plan for him to run it and for me to run my own life. I'm not against the business, it's just I have bigger plans for myself.
Some people would think I'm crazy, throwing away a perfectly good future. But I just don't see myself running a family business with wj. We can't stand each others' guts. I would go crazy. I guess now I know how it feels like to be f4(ok, we aren't that rich, but the whole taking over the family business part). I wonder if Cheryl Wee is planning to take over her parents' business. Also, what makes you so sure that my future in PR won't be good enough?
So, no matter how rich you think I am now, it doesn't matter. It's not confirmed that I will take over and make big bucks. One thing's for sure - I don't want my future to be forced on me. I want to have a choice, to explore my options. Oh, another thing. I don't want to be looked on as a convict, just because I'm not planning to take over my parents' business. They don't expect me to. And you shouldn't either. I hate being made to feel guilty about not helping my parents. And I guess nobody would understand the rationale of this post, unless maybe you are cheryl or maybe your parents are business people.
Enough rambling, time to mug.
*sunshine, you have been an absolute dear this past week. please rest well. may the dark clouds never come.*
At every family function, people will ask me:"So what are you doing now? Are you helping your parents?" And then, I'll say:"Oh, wj is helping there. I'm in ntu now, taking a degree in mass comm." "Oh. I thought you would take business admin." Huhz. -_-"
People always assume that I'm going to take over my family's business. I might if wj doesn't do something good with it. I might if PR doesn't work out for me. I might if I find it a pity to just sell everything away. But the thing is there are deadlines for everything. You can only hold on to the franchise for 20 years. Already, we have lasted close to 10 years. And wj doesn't have many options except to take over everything. And I really want to put my degree to good use. I don't want to spend my future running a business, precisely because I see the blood, sweat and tears it takes to run a business.
My dad thinks I'm lucky. That wj and me are lucky. He said that he wished his parents had a business that he could have taken over in the past, so that he won't have to strive so hard now. But the thing is, if things were thrusted to you on a sliver platter, then where's the sense of achievement in that? I want my own life. I don't know if wanting my own life is selfish because I have no regards for the business that my dad has built, but I know that I don't plan to run this thing with wj. I plan for him to run it and for me to run my own life. I'm not against the business, it's just I have bigger plans for myself.
Some people would think I'm crazy, throwing away a perfectly good future. But I just don't see myself running a family business with wj. We can't stand each others' guts. I would go crazy. I guess now I know how it feels like to be f4(ok, we aren't that rich, but the whole taking over the family business part). I wonder if Cheryl Wee is planning to take over her parents' business. Also, what makes you so sure that my future in PR won't be good enough?
So, no matter how rich you think I am now, it doesn't matter. It's not confirmed that I will take over and make big bucks. One thing's for sure - I don't want my future to be forced on me. I want to have a choice, to explore my options. Oh, another thing. I don't want to be looked on as a convict, just because I'm not planning to take over my parents' business. They don't expect me to. And you shouldn't either. I hate being made to feel guilty about not helping my parents. And I guess nobody would understand the rationale of this post, unless maybe you are cheryl or maybe your parents are business people.
Enough rambling, time to mug.
*sunshine, you have been an absolute dear this past week. please rest well. may the dark clouds never come.*
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