I like reading very much. My classmates' question is I began to love reading. Actually, I loved reading as a child. I grew up in a college town I spent all my summer vacations in this university,means I was surrounded by libraries and the people who loved to read.I went to the library to read every day was one of my favourite hobbies. My love of reading was credited to the fact my parents only let me watch an hour of TV a day. I learned to entertain myself through my mind and imagination. It's not really surprising literature became my vocation. Recently I have been reading a lot of multicultural women's legends. Jane Goodall went to Africa and studied chimps(黑猩猩) instead of going to university.there are some connections between chimps and human beings puzzled me a lot. Thanks to Jane Goodall, her research showed me the answer. She argued wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment. After finishing her story, I still have some doubts she could achieve great success on her own in the forest. Lin Qiaozhi, a doctor, became a specialist in women's illnesses. She devoted all her life to medical work for Chinese women and children.made her succeed later on was the kindness and consideration she showed to all her patients. Why she didn't choose to have a family of her own is clear to me now.
Like many, I felt pressure from my parents and teachers to go to university and study something academic. With top grades I received at the end of high school, I was almost able to enter any course of my pick. Yet the thought of spending the next few years facing the four walls of a classroom caused a lump(肿块) in my throat.
After a year majoring in photography at university, which was not just what I expected, I made the decision to take a break and go on a gap year. In fact, I gained more knowledge in the real world in four months than I did from my entire schooling, but most importantly, I learnt so much about myself.
One day, my posted photos were noticed by Topdeck Travel, and they asked if they could use some of my travel pictures for their posters. This really was the beginning of my career. I began developing my relationship with Topdeck Travel, and before long, I got my first paid travel overseas to take photographs.
Soon I reached the point where I had to make a decision—either to play it safe, go back to university and settle down like everyone else, or to follow my heart and go my own way—a path with an uncertain future. I chose the latter, and it was the scariest and best decision I had ever made.
Five years after leaving school, I might not have a university degree, a well-paid job, a husband or a house with a white fence. Instead, I'm sitting at my office, with a café by a beach at Goa, India. As I stare past my laptop screen at the sun setting beyond the waves, a salty breeze touches my face.
To me, success is about pursuing my dreams and creating my own path instead of trying to follow someone else's. Somehow, I feel like my life is exactly where it is meant to be.
