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 Making decisions is crucial in our lives, and it might define our future. During my last year of college, I had to make a big decision in my life. After an internship, a company offered me work for them in a real job, but I was still doing my final project to get my undergraduate degree. I had to choose if I wanted to work at that company.

When I was in my last year of college, I had the opportunity to do my internship at General Motors, a car assembly company. Besides, I was developing my thesis to graduate from college. These two activities were stressful and exhausting.  In the morning, I was in my internship and in the afternoon I used to have meetings with my thesis partner at college.  We had planned that by the end of my internship we would focus on our project full time, because it was complicated and required a lot of research.

When my time at the company ended, they told me that there was a vacancy to work there. I was excited and worried. I was thinking about it and then I decided to reject the offer because of my thesis. At that moment, I believe that there was not enough time and I had given my word to my partner about the time we were doing our project.

This is one of my biggest regrets because working for General Motors can open doors to other big companies. Right now, I am working in an academic field, but I do not feel fulfilled. I would love to work in a company that is focused on automation, like a big factory. Nobody knows what will happen, and anybody can certainly predict. But maybe if I had chosen that job, today I would be working somewhere I really like.

Life is made of decisions. Now I know that every opportunity that appears I must take it. I have to take the risk and be opened to new experiences. It is important to enjoy the journey and learn from mistakes.