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the lion in me.</p><p id="dddd">Soon I start reapplying for jobs. I got a new role with a little better pay, but with zero benefits and so much stress.</p><p id="434b">Now I became a bearer of constant frustration. It multiplied and brewed awful anger, rage, and unforgiveness for myself.</p><blockquote id="1c71"><p>“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”— <a href="https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/walt-disney-quotes"><b>Walt Disney</b></a></p></blockquote><p id="e9a0">True! It is cool to want to open new doors. But you would also agree that it is not a bad idea to listen through the door, feel the temperature, or do whatever it takes to know what lies at the other end before opening the door.</p><p id="43ec">Before taking a new step. No matter how frustrated you are, try as much as you can to weigh and compare them.</p><ul><li>A good practice is to weigh the possibilities of wins and fails on the new path.</li><li>Another is to weigh your benefits and features.</li></ul><p id="eaa8">If I had done that, I wouldn’t have hit rock bottom as I did in the first quarter of the year.</p><p id="b1b7">However, it helped in some way as I did take a leap of faith. I quit the frustrating job to focus on writing.</p><div id="b9d3" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/i-left-construction-to-focus-on-writing-304f1e4f1f01"> <div> <div> <h2>I Left Construction To Focus on Writing</h2> <div><h3>Since then, I have learned more than I bargained for</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*rZKTLrJDmPWPuSLPjidSAw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="66ed">Never confuse a leap of faith with weighing your options</h2><p id="b8a8">No one knows for sure what

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it takes to chase a dream.</p><p id="07a5">I am a Civil Engineer who is now pursuing writing as a career. One that is still so blurry.</p><p id="ef26">But the fact remains that this lion keeps roaring. The push and daily vigor I have to dance with my fingers on the keyboard are unmatched. This is the kind of new path you can almost try out without weighing your options.</p><p id="08fe">Not directly so. But you need not push yourself over the wall when you feel so much push to try something new.</p><ul><li>When your day doesn’t feel right if you haven’t done it. Take a leap of faith.</li><li>When it makes you feel like a stranger in your current path. Take a leap of faith.</li></ul><p id="8be3">But when you do take that step. You have to do the opposite of weighing your options, which is to give it all you’ve got.</p><p id="7cb8">It’s almost like you jumped in a pool of slime. You have to do all you can to find the edge.</p><p id="f7c5">The bottom line here is that you should never try a new thing without weighing your options, and when it feels like a leap of faith to you, just give it your all.</p><p id="7294">You might fail a million times on that new path. But one win will cover up for all those failures.</p><p id="3771"><i>Thank you so much for reading my article today. My gratitude towards you knows no bound. I will be publishing another article very soon.</i></p><div id="14a5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://fatunlasamuel.medium.com/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>If you want to make money writing online, start by signing up for the Medium Membership Program here. You can share your stories and also earn from them. </h2> <div><h3>undefined</h3></div> <div><p>undefined</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*npOzq1fMD6DfIjWY)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

LESSONS | LIFE | PASSION

I Learned The Hard Way to Weigh Everything Before Doing

Get your scale or jump so hard.

Never tackle a crab with a prawn.

So I heard it in my inner ear before writing this piece.

It’s a good feeling to channel the lion in you and push it to make you better, but trust me. I learned the hard way to let that lion lie still a little longer sometimes.

That one time comes in all our lives when we have to do more than what we ever imagined we could. I know you felt it like I did too.

Maybe you have made a hideous mistake like me too. Well, this article will broaden your mind, and maybe give you a rethink for when it occurs again.

So you might not learn the hard way to weigh everything before doing as I did.

Fly Young or Stupid, and Hit Rock Bottom

If there is one opportunity I am grateful for, it is the fact that I have a mind that travels far beyond regular thoughts. But it only made me hit rock bottom here.

The ill lesson struck me after I decided to leave my first significant opportunity/role as a Civil Engineer.

I had served properly, learned, and understood the perks of the job. I had also found and established my love for writing, but I haven’t yet secured the boldness to push on with it(the writing lion was a curb here).

I suddenly developed the urge to quit the job, and search for better roles. I based all my ideology on the pay.

Oh, it wasn’t enough. It undervalues me. I wasted no time summoning the lion in me.

Soon I start reapplying for jobs. I got a new role with a little better pay, but with zero benefits and so much stress.

Now I became a bearer of constant frustration. It multiplied and brewed awful anger, rage, and unforgiveness for myself.

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”— Walt Disney

True! It is cool to want to open new doors. But you would also agree that it is not a bad idea to listen through the door, feel the temperature, or do whatever it takes to know what lies at the other end before opening the door.

Before taking a new step. No matter how frustrated you are, try as much as you can to weigh and compare them.

A good practice is to weigh the possibilities of wins and fails on the new path.
Another is to weigh your benefits and features.

If I had done that, I wouldn’t have hit rock bottom as I did in the first quarter of the year.

However, it helped in some way as I did take a leap of faith. I quit the frustrating job to focus on writing.

I Left Construction To Focus on Writing

Since then, I have learned more than I bargained for

medium.com

Never confuse a leap of faith with weighing your options

No one knows for sure what it takes to chase a dream.

I am a Civil Engineer who is now pursuing writing as a career. One that is still so blurry.

But the fact remains that this lion keeps roaring. The push and daily vigor I have to dance with my fingers on the keyboard are unmatched. This is the kind of new path you can almost try out without weighing your options.

Not directly so. But you need not push yourself over the wall when you feel so much push to try something new.

When your day doesn’t feel right if you haven’t done it. Take a leap of faith.
When it makes you feel like a stranger in your current path. Take a leap of faith.

But when you do take that step. You have to do the opposite of weighing your options, which is to give it all you’ve got.

It’s almost like you jumped in a pool of slime. You have to do all you can to find the edge.

The bottom line here is that you should never try a new thing without weighing your options, and when it feels like a leap of faith to you, just give it your all.

You might fail a million times on that new path. But one win will cover up for all those failures.

Thank you so much for reading my article today. My gratitude towards you knows no bound. I will be publishing another article very soon.

If you want to make money writing online, start by signing up for the Medium Membership Program here. You can share your stories and also earn from them.