Almost everyone has objections about my job, especially my family who criticises it. If I have settled for a producer position in a production house, they would have been much happier. They might have felt ashamed about my current job; low pay, irregular working hours, night duties, dealing with animals. I know, even though you guys don't criticise my job, you won't encourage and think it's the right job for me. Sadly, I get influenced easily. I even thought I should be working comfortably in a production house; twice the pay, less laborious, more regular hours. And then I tell myself that this is a stepping stone to do what I really want ultimately, PETA, campaigns.
Then I get to know some colleagues who are passionate in what they are doing and are people whom I made good friends with. Particularly, this uncle, who is a businessman who had made a fortune running a business in China but decides to stop for a while to take a breather. He has the expertise and experience in managing a company, he came to ACRES and did things that were rather unbelievable to me. With his own hands, he cleared the drains which had been clogged up, sawed branches that were obstructing paths, improved pump filtration system of tanks etc etc, and he takes in the same pay as us. It has been a year, and he has been taking initiatives to implement changes that benefit the company.
He told me, it doesn't matter how long you have been here, probably 6 months, probably 2 years. Given 6 months, if you have left a legacy in the company, it outlasts the 2 years of work with no fulfilment. What he has said really motivates me, and he hopes that I can find meaning from my job. And fortunately, I was given opportunities to do it. To me, my pay now isn't the issue, but whether I can contribute to the company in a way or another.
I thought to myself, if I have accepted the sales job in WWF, raise funds to save endangered animals, work hard and get my promotions, will I be happier? I will be working hard for the money that goes into my pocket, and become money-driven. I don't feel comfortable about the thought of it. On the other hand, I'm currently in talks with my senior, who is with a production house (the one which I almost went for the interview from his recommendation), on a collaboration with them to push a project on tv. If this succeeds, the profits will the be 50:50, not sure how much that will be, but it will be a significant amount of money raised for our company. I feel happier doing this.
At the end of the day, it really is what I ultimately believe in, be focused and do it. And I got to be firm on the purpose for choosing this path and be confident of the prospects of my job, if not how do I convince my family and friends to accept what I'm doing?
Reminder to myself. It's not about having a beautiful teacup, but to have a fragrant tea in my teacup.
