People keep saying that hobby and passion are two different things and how you should not mix those two things up. However, what if you are not certain about your passion? All passion starts from a mere hobby, does it not? The biggest question we all are wondering is, ‘How do we tell the difference between those two?’ Yes, It won’t feel like work if your line of work is based on your hobby or at least has something to do with your hobby but for those people who are struggling about what kind of job do they want, what kind of career they want to pursue; because this is not a choice-based game where you can replay the choices until you get the life you desire, no this is real life.

            I am often told to be clever person just because I have my sheer of knowledge of the English language. While it may be true that not all people can speak English fluently, especially when its role is as a second language, but that alone is not enough to get yourself a comfortable and desirable job because English is no longer a rare thing to learn as how most schools have English as their second language. I have always loved creating stories in my head, though most of them are just alternate versions of my past like how different would it be if I had not done this or if I had done that instead of this and so on. I tried making a draft of my own story that is based on my life and posting some of them in ‘Wattpad’, which of course is completely flawed as a story and I got a lot of constructive criticism from my friends. However, I did enjoy the time I spent on my story. Those late nights where I just stared at nothing but thin air were exciting because I got to reminisce my past and put it in a blank sheet of paper so that I can read it again and again.

            I know that I am million miles away from being a writer, let alone a good one. However, if I could get the chance to be one, I would definitely like to be one. I have my English language background to help me write my stories in English so that my audience can be worldwide, not limited to Indonesian. I also see myself as an imaginative person because whenever I go out, I find myself creating scenarios of stuff that are currently happening like a couple arguing in a restaurant. I turn that into a scenario where the man picked the fight on purpose so that the lady would get thrown off and the man can finally propose to her later at their first date location by the bridge while the moon shines upon them.

            People kept saying, “Being a writer is not a job, you won’t get compensated enough to live by” and sometimes I feel like that is true because the competition is fierce and there are like tons of good writers out there. This is exactly why I chose writing as just my hobby or something to do on the side. Choosing a career is hard, especially in this difficult time with the economy crashing and all.