2025 was not just the last year in my life, it was the biggest test of my courage. That year I took a big risk in my life. I left my home for a job. At the very beginning of the year, I started working in a new international NGO and that decision took my whole life in a different direction.
To take the job, I had to move about 350 kilometers away from home. The distance was not a problem for me. The problem was the environment. I came to a place where even in 2025, there is no mobile network. The place is completely a tribal area. The food, people, lifestyle, work style, everything is completely opposite to my usual life. This place had nothing to do with the environment and work style I was used to.
In the initial days, it was very difficult, sometimes I was angry with myself. I felt like I had made the wrong decision. At that time, one thing my father said kept coming to my mind, there is no work that a person cannot do. He himself started his career in a similar difficult situation and he worked in this NGO for almost 30 years. His experience, his advice, his stories, everything gave me strength every moment in this new job.
Gradually, I learned the taste of the food here, the language of the people here, the work style, and the strategy of adapting to the environment. What seemed impossible at first became normal. I survived here for a year and not only survived, I proved myself.
And at the beginning of 2026, I received the best news of my life, I got a new promotion. Looking back today, I realize that this risk was the right decision of my life. If I had backed down out of fear, then I might not have become who I am today. Some risks break lives and some risks build lives. This risk taken in 2025 has built me.
