I love it for many reasons; the banter, the entertainment, the beautiful melodies, and of course, the beautiful contestants ;)
But what I love most is the feeling of seeing someone at their best. There are many styles of singing and everyone have their own tastes in music; but without a doubt, every person that comes on stage is extremely talented at what they do. That's what I love seeing the most - people being able to exhibit something that they excel at. Seemingly just normal people that you wouldn't look twice at if you were to pass them on the streets, when these contestants step on stage, for a few short minutes they are able to outshine the brightest of stars (no pun intended).
Watching them, their amazing talent makes me very aware of my lack thereof. But rather than feeling regretful, I feel motivated. As you already know, I don't have any particular talents. I'm not good at singing like some people, or good at an instrument or a sport. My best chance of ever being in the spot light in this lifetime is through my career (yea it's probably a bit late to pick up my electric guitar again, or acting). I don't think I'll ever be the hugely successful or wealthy, but I would like to be acknowledged by my peers one day as someone who was talented at something, even if it was something as boring as environmental science.
I've wanted to be many things in my life. An actor, a guitarist, a basketball player, a table tennis player, a chess player, a Starcraft player, a player (insert rimshot), a break-dancer, a skateboarder, a University professor, a mathematician, an army general, a Dragonball Z fighter, a Gundam pilot, and of course, a Pokemon trainer.
But now, this is my dream.
To be the very best.
Like no one ever was.
...in Environmental Science.
And with this dream in mind, I am leaving my current job and moving into an environmental scientist role at a consulting company. In fact, tomorrow is my last day at Renex.
It's been an amazing 7 month. My experiences have varied from getting up before 6am to bike to work in the rain to smoking cigars and drinking scotch with the Execs in my suit. My roles have ranged from giving advice to our CEO to shoveling contaminated sludge out of a pit with a shovel. My days have diversified from feeling like im on top of the world to wanting to kill myself. Such was the roller coaster ride I have been on for the last 7 months.
Now it's finally time for me to move on. Like they say, every job is a stepping stone to your dream career (or was it something about girls?). I believe I have finally found my ideal job.
After 50 job applications, 5 job interviews and 2 jobs, I have finally found the starting line for my dream career. Like a judge turning around in the blind auditions, this is only the beginning. But like the contestants, an opportunity was all I needed.
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