{"id":9299,"date":"2019-05-22T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/?p=9299"},"modified":"2019-05-22T09:00:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T13:00:36","slug":"follow-your-passions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/2019\/05\/22\/follow-your-passions\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow Your Passions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Late last year, for The Macaulay Messenger’s <\/em>November issue, I wrote a piece expressing gratitude for my journey in digital media<\/a>. In retrospect, I realized that I made it sound like my journey in digital media was smooth. It most definitely was not.<\/p>\n

At many points, I was afraid when shifting between interests. Sometimes, I thought I was losing a part of myself. For some time, I felt guilty for leaving the realm of sports journalism and then ultimately, realizing that I may never become a full-time journalist. (At least not directly, anyway.) The truth of the matter is: people change, and so do their interests. But when that happens, that doesn’t make anyone less of a person.<\/p>\n

If I could’ve given myself any piece of advice two years ago, it would’ve been to not be afraid of my rapidly changing interests and passions. I’ve turned out alright — perhaps even better than alright — throughout my years in college, and everything has worked out for the better. And, who really<\/em>, ever, even knows exactly what they want to do in life? I know that this is an expectation to some extent because we have to do things like declare our majors in college, but I hope undergraduates who are reading this can take solace in the fact that things can<\/em> change, and it’s completely fine when that happens.<\/p>\n

Where do my interests lie now, you may be wondering? Although I may not end up making a career out of journalism, I’m striving to combine my interests in journalism and advocacy — and one recent, big change in my life will get me much closer to that goal.<\/p>\n

Last Wednesday was my first day at WITNESS<\/a>, an international nonprofit organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights. (It’s been great so far!) Obviously, that’s a far cry from my days in sports journalism, but it’s where my passions have taken me. I’ll run with them, any day.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"