What happened to your dream of becoming a fashion designer?
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Yes! Β What happened to that dream?! Β Year in year out we hear the same old story…. don’t worry in the New Year I will definitely pursue it. Β Come first January, you get all gingered up! Β Yes this time I’ll do it! Β Then half way through the year, the excuses have piled up simply because of the FEAR that is deep within you. Β This time next year, you will still tell the same story. Β Aren’t you exhausted already?! Β Imagine what will happens 10 years down the line when you are filled with regret?!
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I remember when I was planning to resign to go to fashion school. Β Everyone supported me but a few said:
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“why not wait to get married first?”
“why not wait to complete ICAN?”
“why not add more to your work experience?”
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You know what went through my mind?! Β As they were telling me those things, I had my own answers ready for them.
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“what if I stay and I still don’t get married in 3 years?”
“what if they keep changing the syllabus and the time it takes to complete it gets longer?”
“well… I can always find work when I’m there or even when I’m back”
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The truth is there will never be a right time to get things done. Β You just have to take the bull by the horn. Β I know my sister was worried things would have changed in 3 years. Β 3 years sounded sooooo long to her to leave and return to expect things to remain the way they were. Β
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But guess what?! Β I have gone and come back – it’s all done and dusted now! Β In fact fashion school is now but a memory after all I left in 2009! Β Almost 7 years ago now! Β And all the “why not”s now seem so irrelevant now. Β
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– Β I am now married;
– Β Ok granted I didn’t finish ICAN but what the heck! I can always pay an accountant to get the job done for me; and if I even really feel like doing it, I can start again or even choose to do ACCA now but like my sister told me, what do you need it for?!
– Β Please the experience I have in running a business is on another level! Β Gosh who would ever have thought right?!
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So really those stories will remain stories till you do something about it! Β And with the way the economy is going with people getting laid off… Β you really don’t want to wake up tomorrow to get a termination letter or SMS with no Plan B – especially if you have a family to feed! Β It is time to plan ahead while the going is good!
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And that is why NOW is as good a time as any to stop procrastination in its tracks!
