Going through rough patches in pursuing my IKIGAI
Leaving a job I love in the social impact space to join the corporate world seemed just a pragmatic decision, but having to work my way back 15 years later was destined, yet not so straightforward. Having a career as a teacher in government schools seemed destined for me due to my educational background and parental expectations. Not to mention the promise of a well-paying and stable job. However, I resisted all that and hard-headedly pursued my passion - empowering communities, especially the youths, through education and entrepreneurship. For the first 8 years after graduation, I was involved in capacity building and social enterprise projects, including setting up schools and agriculture plantations in remote communities in Indonesia and running social enterprises to support the works of a social service youth organization in Singapore. However, the frequent overseas travels and the "long hours-low pay" conundrum of having a career in the non-profit space re...
