How my MCS journey began
In high school I always took social directions, from humanities to social and technical sciences.
Therefore, it seemed only logical to me that I would continue studying a social direction in higher education. From an early age, I dreamed of continuing my studies and being able to be fully myself in higher education in order to get my degree later. Once I started my first year of high school I ended up in a rut. I was studying applied psychology, which was my dream major, the direction I had had in my head for years. The path of becoming a psychologist seemed to be my life path, but nothing was further from the truth.
After the first week I already noticed that I was out of place there, everyone around me seemed to have found their dream direction in applied psychology, everyone except me. The classes didn't interest me, guest speakers left me cold and there was no studying going on.
I began to doubt whether high school was really for me and was convinced that studying in general just wasn't my thing. In high school I was never very interested and everything went a bit more slowly.
Quitting was the most terrifying thing I ever did, but I felt I had to do something to take control of my life and discover what my passion really was.
So I went to work for 6 months and did nothing but look for what drives me, what I saw myself doing as a job. Working taught me that studying is important after all and the motivation was there again, I realized that I have always had a passion for creating and expressing my creativity.
Organizing and presenting were also things I love, this was evident when I presented the 100-day show with my best friend.
When I discovered the direction marketing and communication support, it seemed like a completely new world appeared in front of me, suddenly I found a study where I could use all my skills and not be held back. Of course I was still uncertain and started my journey with a small heart, but the first few weeks I took the direction I got the feeling that was missing from my previous careers at school. I looked forward to classes and studying my subjects.
Thanks to MCS, I discovered that the "comfort zone" and the "safe route" are not the places where I belong.
Closer to myself, my journey within MCS
To this day, I am still immensely glad that I took the step of ignorance. I feel that now, more than ever, I am closer to myself. In the short 2 months that I have been taking this direction, I have already grown tremendously. For example, my communication skills are better than ever and I see opportunities to grow and flourish everywhere.
Thanks to MCS I am more social than ever, I dare to express myself more thanks to the communication skills I have already learned, but within this direction I also get the chance to express my creativity. Where before my creativity was not appreciated, now it is fully encouraged. I am also surrounded by like-minded people where I feel I can really be myself.
My future inside and outside MCS
Sometimes I dare to dream about my future after marketing and communication support, my dream is to eventually have a job where I can travel and discover the world. Gathering trends from all over the world and applying them in my strategies seems like a lot of fun. Most of all, I am interested in the events industry.
Eventually being able to build my own business still remains one of my many goals in life.
During my studies, I would love to learn more about social media and the use of algorithms because I am a big proponent of social media marketing.
I feel that social media allows companies to get in touch with their target audience faster and more efficiently; algorithms also play a clearly pronounced role here.
My passion for marketing and communication continues to grow by the day, making me increasingly curious about what the future has to offer me.
