On Starting Something
There are people who say that, at some point in your life, you will meet someone who will completely change your mindset and the way you see the world. I used to think it was just something people say until it happened to me. I met mine at the most unexpected time, in the most vulnerable and emotional place, my brother’s funeral. He was unlike anyone I had met before. He owned a hotel and a coffee shop, and he baked his own pastries both French and local. There was something about his passion, his drive, and the way he built something from the ground up that made me see life differently. To understand why that mattered so much, I have to go back to when I was in high school. My NCAE results showed that I better take something about “enterprising,” which I didn’t like at all. I wanted something more “clerical”, a path that leads to traditional professional jobs. I had my heart set on taking up Bachelor of Science in Accountancy. But life had other plans. I enrolled late, and by the...
