First Step - Motivation: obtaining the willpower to take a risk.
It is very easy to put your goals on hold when you are in the “comfort zone.” In my situation I had a good (not great) job and I was doing work I liked (not loved). Financially, I was comfortable, I had a great work/life balance and I enjoyed the people I worked with. It was very difficult to, for a lack of better words, give it all up. I need to talk myself into believing that the risk of quitting my job, giving up my source of money, living on a student’s budget was worth the reward.
Second Step - Research: obtaining the information to make an educated risk.
After passing through the motivational steps, it was time to find the right school.
The Big Questions now need to be answered - where?
At the time, I lived in Dubai and could not find a reputable and interesting master’s program so I knew the first part of the answer was outside of Dubai. I then turn to the one friend who advise I can for the most part trust - Google. I searched out the best graduate design schools in the world. CCA was one of the top reputable ranking lists. Coincidentally, I was visiting my aunt who lives in California and decided to pay the school a visit.
Third Step - Decision - Taking the risk.
At the end of my trip to California, I was sure of 2 things:
1. I would be proud to attend and graduate from CCA; and
2. I wanted to stay close enough to my aunt that I can visit anytime I felt homesick and far enough that I would have my privacy.
It didn’t take long after that for me to decided that I wanted to attend CCA.
Four Step - Barriers - Overcoming obstacles.
Now I need to overcome the obstacles that came with my decision to attend CCA.
First Obstacle - I needed to get admitted. I spent countless hour preparing my application and re-reading my essays. A few months after sending in my application, I received an acceptance letter and overcame the first obstacle.
Second Obstacle - Paying for CCA. I am currently in the process of overcoming this obstacle and will update you all once I figured out the magic answer. For now, I still trying to find a way to get money from Iran to the US.
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