{"id":15,"date":"2014-07-28T21:19:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T21:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/?p=15"},"modified":"2014-07-28T21:19:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T21:19:01","slug":"getting-my-feet-wet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/2014\/07\/28\/getting-my-feet-wet\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting my feet wet"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/code>It’s really tough to figure out your true\u00a0calling. I think most people don’t have a clear idea of what they want to do. And if they do, figuring out how to get there is a tremendous obstacle.<\/p>\n

I’ve had a lot of trouble with this myself. I grew up thinking that I wanted to be a police officer. “Catching bad guys” was my thing. Somewhere along the way, I fell in love with football. It was amazing – the camaraderie, the thrill I felt\u00a0after a big hit, and the pride I felt when we won. It was a tough sport, but the constant workouts were worth it. Unfortunately, I could not keep up with academics, sports, and extracurriculars. I realized that if I did not devote all my focus to football, there was no way I could reach the professionals or even play Division 1 ball.<\/p>\n

I put all my focus on academics and extracurricular activities. I flirted with medicine. Then, I thought I wanted to pursue a career in finance. And now, I still don’t really know what I want to do. There are many things I enjoy, and I feel like I’m a lot closer to the answer now.<\/p>\n

This summer, I’m in Boston working in management consulting in their legal analytics department. It’s a new experience and I hope this guides me further along my journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s really tough to figure out your true\u00a0calling. I think most people don’t have a clear idea of what they want to do. And if they do, figuring out how to get there is a tremendous obstacle. I’ve had a lot of trouble with this myself. I grew up thinking that I wanted to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6438,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6438"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/harvardthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}