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Did you really feel a sense of fulfillment and relief after changing your career path?

Yes.

A part of me was reborn again.

And getting paid to do what you love is a luxury that not a lot of us can do.

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Hi, I'm Nico Rocha.

Hi, my name is Bea.

Hi, my name is Patria Moquillo and I'm a makeup artist.

I was working in corporate for about 8 years now.

And then last month, I decided to quit.

I started as a IT project manager 7 years ago, 2016, which means just basically doing coding.

Now, in my current work now, I'm now a sports broadcaster.

Basically, pag sports broadcaster, you're the anchor play-by-play for the games.

So, for example, in a UAAP game, ako yung nagsasabi na Key for a Venom for free, ganoon, mga ganoon.

Theater really is my passion. I would say it's something that I can do even with my eyes closed.

Then eventually, I had to go abroad and work for a factory.

After that, when I got back, I became a call center agent.

For the same company, I became a trainer then in recruitment.

So, maraming shit.

I studied business in college.

So, automatically, where do you go after that, right?

It's either you go into corporate and then start your own business.

I thought that it would be the most practical way to, of course, earn money and gain experience.

I've changed in terms of, I guess, my priority now.

Like right now, I'm prioritizing, at this point, would be my financial stability.

Medyo leap of faith for me kasi hindi siya stable like having a day job.

Ayun, I'm still grinding up to now.

I know na this is the right path for me despite it being so unstable in terms of not knowing when the next paycheck would come.

But I like how I have to work.

If I don't work, I don't get anything.

Hi, I'm Jaboy and I am 20 years old and I am a second year struggling, suffering nursing student.

I am here because I'm thinking about pursuing med school in the future.

However, may doubt sa akin, may doubt sa otak ko na baka hindi para sa akin ito.

What were your thought process before deciding na hindi ko na gustong ginagawa ko?

Or when you feel na hindi na talaga ito ang path niyo?

I got burnt out.

I thought that the friends I made at work would be enough to make up for just the daily grind of going to work.

I always weigh things if it's still gonna be good for my mental health legitimately because it can be really toxic.

Kasi parang napromote ako sa work pero I thought na okay, promotion means more money, more money makes you want to stay, right?

Pero hindi. For me, napromote nga but dumami rin yung trabaho.

I think yun yung pinakanaging deciding factor for me.

Hindi na ako masaya sa ginagawa ko.

But when I talk to my friends in the same line of work, for them, they really feel fulfilled.

They feel like this is the one for them.

So hindi ako makirelate dun sa love nila for the things that we're doing.

So the thought process were like, if my heart's not in it, hindi ko na gagawin.

So I weigh in things like if I continue doing this for the next year, will I gain more than I will lose?

Ba't sa kanya kasi, he's a second year nursing, diba? So completely different.

Prioritize first. Think of like a backup plan before shifting into a different career altogether.

Kasi pag sa medical field, dapat parang simula pa lang, alam mo na, if your heart's in it.

Pero pag ganyan, I think that's a sign for him, the passion to serve.

Hindi siya completely all in. He might have a different path na he has yet to discover.

Or meron na siguro on the side that we don't know about.

Is it worth it? Oh!

My self-esteem was deeply damaged after I had given up acting altogether.

Because I was really set to have that clear path after taking up theater.

And I did a couple of films in between, but nothing that has evolved into something.

Because it was kind of short-lived.

So I had to sacrifice the monthly salary, the benefits, lahat.

Hindi mo iisipin sa mapupulutin yung pera.

But I had to give up what I knew I can do and what I really was passionate about.

To really be financially independent.

It's worth it for me kasi I'm now able to hang out with different people.

Yung wife ko, nakakasama ko siya after work.

May energy ako to actually do things with her.

I'm at peace, internally.

Yun yung the best way to describe it. I'm at peace.

Nakakatulog na ako ng maigi. Nawawala na yung mga anxiety ko and everything.

Compared to when I was working in my past job.

Also if I took that route, you know how stereotypically artists would strive

before they get to a certain comfortable position.

So I have every 15-30 cut-off.

At least I'm set and safe. On that area at least.

How did you handle the pressure from your environment?

For sure, maingay. Maraming bumubulong na kesyo.

Sayang naman na nasimulan mo. How?

I think it was a lot of working through my fear of uncertainty.

And fear of being left behind by my peers.

Parang saking naman yung inaaral mo.

Saking naman yung nilagay ng parents mo na pera dun sa education mo.

So I'm sure ma-re-receive niyo yun at the start.

When I see people that I kinda were working with at that time

and see their career really go far.

Because they kept at it, diba? And I couldn't.

I became very recluse.

Like I isolated myself away from film people for a while,

theater people for a while.

So you have to really just tell yourself na you're on your own journey.

You reassess with yourself that are you really sure you're all in here?

Would you do the necessary steps to get to the end goal?

Hindi naman pwede sabihin kasi na lipat ka lang ng career.

Just because it's fun eh. Dapat may end goal kayo.

It was really kinda detrimental to my self-esteem

having to shut myself away from that,

knowing that's kinda what I have been dreaming of since I was a kid.

Sometimes life would sort of redirect you to something else

but it doesn't mean that you're lost coz of that.

You just have to find the path towards what's meant for you, I guess.

Kim Huevos, was it hard starting all over again?

Well, right now, since it's a very recent thing,

I can't feel the difficulty yet.

Kasi everyone has been so supportive of me.

They've been referring me to friends and other family members

to get me for gigs.

Kasi when I got to the call center industry,

when I was an agent, I was told na parang

added end job yan, yun ka na forever.

In my mind, parang you know what, things.

I was like, you know what, I'm gonna prove these people wrong

that there's like direction towards this.

So that's why I became like a recruiter, then a trainer.

In the field that I chose, broadcasting and sports broadcasting,

ang una ko ginawa is like,

who can teach me to get the skills that I wanted to acquire?

So I searched through Facebook, ganyan-ganyan,

meron bang workshop and everything.

Thankfully, noong time na yun,

may workshop na mangyayari two weeks after I quit.

Right now yun, okay pa siya.

But I know it's gonna be difficult when I won't get as much gigs

or the uncertainty of it all na you don't know

what's gonna happen in the next few weeks.

It's really hard like starting over na.

Pero mahirap siya pero mahal ko kasi.

Sabi ko sa sarili ko, how do I, ano,

how do I keep my face at least in the minds of people

or at least ma-recognize ako by someone out there na relevant sa industry.

It's hard but if it's worth it, di mo mararamdaman na yung pagod

kasi it's fulfilling at the end of the day.

Were you able to find a job quickly after you changed your career path?

Because you know in the Philippines, it's so hard to find a job.

Yes, actually.

Because I already knew call center was really accessible to anybody

provided that you have the communication skills.

Honestly, I was one of those people who kinda thought it was the last resort.

Parang okay, push comes to shove, ito na lang.

I set up myself to be in that situation.

If you don't equip yourself with the right skills,

with the right preparation,

eh di kahit ma-offeran ka ng trabaho in a very fickle industry,

papakawalan ka rin nagad.

To get the job call, you prepare, you do the necessary stuff

in order to get that call.

And then the hardest part is staying.

There will always be people who are gonna be better than you.

It's something that you have to realize from the start

na hindi ikaw yung the best.

I had two rejections prior to actually getting to a center

like with zero experience.

So, it was challenging.

Connections, like connecting with people is very underrated.

Aside from skills, ano yung skills mo if you don't interact with people?

You have to become an extrovert.

I was an introvert IT guy, very typical one.

It's great if you're already a extrovert or really amazing

with interacting with different people.

But for most, just like me, I started off as a introvert.

It's a skill that you have to obtain or learn.

Did you really feel a sense of fulfillment and relief

after changing your career path?

Yes.

You know, like the whole shift between me as a recruiter

and as a trainer, I was so lucky to have that opportunity

because as a recruiter, you get to see the first application ni candidate

and then endorse them to training.

So, I got to be a trainer also.

So, it's kinda like a really good continuity of seeing how the journey is.

It was a weight off my shoulder.

I was really burnt out on my previous job.

And now that I have my own time and I'm able to express myself more creatively.

I knew from there that this is what I want to do.

I want to be in sports media in one way or another.

A part of me was reborn again.

My repressed childhood creative self is back in the pictures.

And getting paid to do what you love is a luxury that not a lot of us can do.

But also just how fulfilling it is.

Seeing someone's life literally change in front of you.

I've had candidates that I've talked to.

They were really struggling financially.

Then after I've given them the job offer,

I get calls or texts like,

Ms. Bea, salamat, you changed my life.

That I think is what's super fulfilling with the track I'm in right now.

It's having to be that person to change someone's life,

intentional or unintentionally.

So, yeah.

If you'll be given a chance to choose again,

will you change your decision or will you still choose your path today?

Oh, my God.

If ever my boss sees this,

I'm just kidding.

I think no regrets with what I did because it brought me to now.

I will still choose my path today.

At least for those seven years,

I earned the money to do the things I want right now.

In sports media, it's hard.

You don't have much money at the first year.

Unless you have projects right away.

From working in corporate,

you get a lot of criticism.

You get to learn a lot of skills as well that I'm using now.

You get thick-skinned.

If I started at 21 years old,

and I get criticized,

I might feel like I might give up too early.

Because I feel like at that age,

I didn't have the skills yet to be where I am right now.

Because I have a lot of what-ifs now.

And that's what's killing me.

What if I didn't leave?

What if I didn't listen to my parents and went to Canada?

What if I still tried to push it?

I don't hate what I'm doing now,

but if there's one thing that I regret,

it's that I didn't fight for it as much as I would have wanted to.

I learned a lot from corporate.

It doesn't mean I didn't learn anything.

I just don't love it.

For those probably who are still within that fork in the road,

I'd totally advise to stick by it.

You're eventually gonna feel it when you have to pull out at one point.

You have to be practical now.

But if the means is still there,

the fire is still there,

and it's just exterior factors trying to stop you from doing what you want,

don't listen, cancel out the noise,

then you don't have to live life having what-ifs.

I don't think it's ever too late to do anything.

There will be a lot of new emotions coming in

and new experiences then.

So you have to be open to that.

Actually, it doesn't matter if you're 30, 40, 50,

as long as you equip yourself with the proper skills,

the right people, the right mentors, the right community.

So what I do is I have content on TikTok, YouTube,

in order to improve myself every day,

get used to the camera.

Because before, I was so scared of the camera.

I used to stare at it.

I don't know what to say.

Everything shuts off before.

But now, because of that,

I'm getting used to having a camera on my face,

talking to people who are way above me in terms of status.

That's how I convince myself that this is for me.

There's never an age limit to becoming who you want to be.

May that be a recruiter, may that be an actor.

It's never too late for any changes.

Aralan niyo ano yung need niyo.

May it be medicine or whatever, diba?

You really have to believe then in what you can do

and believe in yourself na kaya mo yan whatever happens.

I think it's a case-to-case basis talaga.

Some people, let's say, has more of the bandwidth

to sort of do one thing and then a side hustle

because, let's say, he or she is just living for himself.

Be realistic because you just can't change career paths

just because your heart tells you to change.

You have to assess a lot of things, right?

Because the bills will always come.

Let's say, somebody else is depending on you.

I think the financial side of it would be the priority.

Kasi diba, I mentioned a while ago na any age,

you can change career paths.

But in different age range, iba-iba na yung pinagladaanan natin.

So, for 20s, do you have capital?

Do you have the money to sustain that kind of living that you want?

30s, how about your family? Are they okay with it?

In the end, it's more of you be realistic with what you want to do.

And once you assess na, okay, kaya ko na mag-change career path,

only then you equip yourself with the right skills.

It will get better.

You know, like, you have to take your time

to really process letting go of one thing

and then getting into another thing.

But ultimately, at least for me,

once I have fully accepted, really,

and just enjoyed what's in front of me

and not really looked back so much at the past,

it became so much easier for me to accept.

One last piece of advice,

it would be to have faith in yourself.

Whatever it is that's gonna come your way, you'll be okay.

You really just have to believe that.

And you will be.

You can fail, you can succeed,

but at the end of the day, you'll be okay.