The Bravohood

Hey guys, I hope you've all been well.

I haven't post much in recent times and there's a few reasons for that. I've actually been fighting bipolar depression for some time now. It's much better now, but I haven't told more than 2 people about it(haven't even told my family about it yet, probably won't either. Don't wanna make them more worrisome).

Something I've learned in that time is that:
If you can accept failure, then the feat of failure does not exist.

I'll admit I'm a bit egotistical. I hate losing and failing at stuff, but the truth is everyone fails at something one time or another.

So what's going on in my life now? Well I FINALLY figured out what I want to do with my life. Only took me 4+ yrs in college and bipolar to figure it out.

In all seriousness though, I decided to pursue a human resources career, more specifically I'm looking to be a globally certified human resource professional(should take about 4-5 yrs of work experience before I can take the exam). Why? Well I'm bilingual and I'll be able to travel and work in different countries. One of my biggest dreams is to be able to travel around the world and this is right up my alley.

I've decided to learn Hangul as well(korean language)[would consider myself A1, maybe A2 level, aka beginner]. I've really immersed myself in the culture and find it absolutely fascinating. I really want to become proficient and fluent enough to be able to pass the TOPIK exam so I can work in South Korea one day via company transfer. If anyone else knows Hangul(korean) and wants to chat let me know!

Here's a short version of my descriptive plan:

I'm expected to graduate in May 2015. I will work hard to find a human resource position and then work there for 2 years. I will then be eligible to take the PHR certification exam and will definitely bust my ass off to pass it. Once I do pass it, I will take a year break off from working. Why? Well I just got a TEFL certification(basically a teach english in foreign country certification) and I want to experience South Korea's culture a bit more personally. So I will apply for a public school teaching position(I love kids and enjoy being able to teach people new things so I def think I'll enjoy it), in which contracts are for a year. I'll do that for at least a year and then move back and look for another HR position, preferably a upper level HRM position. I'll work there for 2 more yrs, get my global PHR and then look for a company with a branch in one of the countries I'll be eligible to work in.

Quite honestly I've never been this motivated to do something in my life.

I will add a bit more to this a little later.

Feel free to ask questions as well.

화이팅!!!

대막!

안녕하세요,
어떠 심 니까?

Quick question, which honorific would I use here?
Maestro-씨, Maestro - 선생님, or Maestro-선배?

화이팅!!

I think you meant 대박

You can just call me 형

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Maestro wrote:I think you meant 대박

You can just call me 형

I think Maestro was actually supposed to be korean. Just don't go drinking at korean bars with him...

Maestro wrote:I think you meant 대박

You can just call me 형

Whoops, minor typo, could have sworn I spelled daebak correctly.

I'll PM you, got a few questions.

Jackfrost wrote:So cool.

Was just going to make a post asking how many years people have planned on here ahead

Best of luck brotha

Thanks

Jay-T wrote:

Maestro wrote:I think you meant 대박

You can just call me 형

I think Maestro was actually supposed to be korean. Just don't go drinking at korean bars with him...

Haha, noted.

Here's the continuation of my post:

One thing I haven't been happy with lately is how much weight I've gained the last two months. I'm going to make changes and go back to the gym, along with counting my macros and keeping track of my diet. It's gonna be rough in the beginning, but once it becomes a habit, it shouldn't be as difficult. I already have workout plans and diet in place.

I'm not going to put a # on how much I want to weigh, because I feel it's going to limit me and once I reach my goal i know I'll become lazy again(happened twice already) so I won't set a weight goal.


Another issue I noticed I have is I have HORRIBLE networking skills. Specifically, I'm bad at maintaining some sort of relationship with another person. I have no problems approaching or anything, but I've never really worked on building work and personal relations with other people so I will focus on that as well.

Hey man. Good on you for setting life goals and getting cool qualifications. My brother did TEFL and lived in Prague for a few months and loved it. Awesome qualification and experience. May consider doing it myself after graduating.

Also, been having my own battle with depression for the past few years, coming through the other side of it but doesn't mean its easy. I don't know what your family situation is like, but I was worried of the same things and my parents have been nothing but extremely helpful.

Mine isn't bi-polar so I'm not sure what the difference is. But I found CBT and meditation / yoga really helpful for changing my brains default though settings.

Valmont wrote:Hey man. Good on you for setting life goals and getting cool qualifications. My brother did TEFL and lived in Prague for a few months and loved it. Awesome qualification and experience. May consider doing it myself after graduating.

Also, been having my own battle with depression for the past few years, coming through the other side of it but doesn't mean its easy. I don't know what your family situation is like, but I was worried of the same things and my parents have been nothing but extremely helpful.

Mine isn't bi-polar so I'm not sure what the difference is. But I found CBT and meditation / yoga really helpful for changing my brains default though settings.

Not to get too much into it, I'm someone who really depended on myself after my parents' divorce so I'm sort of a cast-away/black sheep. I don't mind it, actually I embrace it cause I'm so different from how most of my family is. I may get support if I tell them, but I rather just do this myself, so I know when something gets tough I get can rely on myself.

I started doing yoga again and it def helps for that hour or so. I'm at a much better place now so I'll continue to keep doing yoga cause it works.

I didn't look into the other types of depression, so can't really tell ya what the difference (may my mood just fluctuates more suddenly vs traditional depression).

As an update, I've been undertaking a lot of projects. I have also decided to specialize into HR Talent Management/Acquisition. Sort of a recruiter, but more internally. Got two jobs lined up after graduation, but they are not companies I'm 100% going to commit to, only because I want to work with Viacom and still waiting on hearing from them.