QotD: Time for Change
If you could go back and change one thing you've done in your life, what would it be?
Submitted by Devinoid.
In 1972 I won a cadetship to study drafting at the Queensland Institute of Technology (now the Queensland University of Technology). I enjoyed what was then called, 'technical drawing' as a subject, but didn't have any understanding of what drafting was. The education system didn't provide any guidance either. It was simply a matter of "Hey, you've won a cadetship. You wanna take it up, or not?" Of course, being entirely ignorant of just what I'd won, I opted out. I only found out years later that what I'd won would have seen me eligible to enter a vast field of studies leading to architectural, engineering and design professions. Instead, I joined a bank, taking up a job secured for me by my parents through a friend who was high up in the bank at the time.
Where would I be today? Would I be happier? Would I be better off financially? Would I have lived the life I've lived to date, seen the things I've seen and done the things I've done? It's a complete unknown, but I'd sure as hell like to know. The message to me over the past 36 years has been to always make your own decisions. Never allow others to decide what's best for you.
