Assalamualaikum and Hi,
I always came across this questions during most of the interviews I attended after I graduated. And I just realized it's been almost 5 years since I left university.
I was thinking back about all the answers I used to give to recruiter but I couldn't remember anyway. Maybe I should dig back into my old stuffs for me to see.
But what I roughly remember I did said I wanted to grow and be an expertise in the field I'm working in. Looking at me now, I'm still not an expert yet but my experiences are leading me somewhere.
Back when I started my career as a SL1M trainee, I worked in chemical laboratory but I didn't do much testing. Most of the time I was focusing on doing reports which made me learn how to write and deal with data. From there I realized I wanted to learn to use Excel in details.
Few months before my training ended, I got an offer as a customer service specialist. When I first started working, I thought it was just about answering queries from customers only, but it's not. My main tasks were to process orders given via call, email and fax. Since most orders came from calls, I got the chance to polish my communication skills. I also deal with client representatives a lot and I enjoyed building rapports with them. We also keep in touch up until today.
When I decided for a career change, I applied for many related positions and ended up in telesales. I thought telesales is just about doing sales online only but I was wrong again. It's beyond my imagination. We have to analyse data to ensure our targets will be achieved. And we did all that using Excel. We also have to build good relationships with customers and always follow up with them. My experiences with client representatives before made it easier for me to develop the relationships with other representatives and clients.
What amazed me was all skills I've gained from my experiences throughout my career were linked to each other in my current job. If I didn't have any of those experiences, I'm sure I won't be here. And I believe whatever experiences I'm gaining now will also be useful in future too.
To answer my question, Where do I see myself in 5 years, from 5 years ago? I think I am where I am supposed to be, growing and learning. I've found my passion and things I love doing. I just need to nurture them. There's a lot of things I need to improve in my career and I'm grateful now I'm at the right place to do so.
We couldn't see future but we can plan - hence for the next 5 years, I will focus on gaining and polishing more skills as well as be and expertise in my field. On top of that maybe I wanted to climb the corporate ladder too.
In terms of personal life, I have grown so much too since last 5 years - but mostly growing a lot this year. I improved my appearance, knowledge and the way I think too. I travelled a lot before Covid 19, now I'm planning to travel more when things got better. And I started to jog recently. For me this part surprised me most because I never imagined what myself look like as a person 5 years ago.
In terms of financial, I continued saving money as before but I also learn how to invest them. I paid my study loan too. Don't have much commitment yet at the moment. The only thing I thought I might have but don't yet was having my own house.
In terms of relationships, I now have my circle of friends small and closest to my family. I thought I might be married by now but I ended up being single anyway. Anyway I'm happy with my life. Maybe I'll get married when I found the right guy at the right time (finger crossed please pray for me!)
What happened today might not be like what I expected 5 years ago, some of it were accomplished while some still pending.
In these 5 years too, they are many many times I overthinked. Thinking things that are beyond my control. Fortunately, I also learn to control my thoughts now. I realized this quite late but it's better late than never. There's always room for improvement. Always and and always.
I believe planning is a great thing, but you have to be flexible if any of your plan didn't go your way 😊😊
That's my reflection for today.
Till then,
Adlina
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