Blog #3- Most Important Question I Ever Asked

What is the most important question I have ever asked? Now, that, is a good question. I typically ask questions to learn new information or to open a conversation, but there are some questions that I ask that seek more meaningful answers.

The question I bring to the table and the answer to the first question posed in this post is: What are my post high school plans? This question set a catalyst which brings me to where I am now. As with any question, I first had to consider all the possibilities before deciding on an answer.

My options were wide open of what to do after I graduated. I knew I wanted to go to college and further my education, but the where and what were still uncertain. If you were to picture a tree of possible options, the first division of branches was between going to a University and study Computer Engineering or go to art school to study computer animation. It wasn't an easy decision, but after discussing it with my parents, friends, teachers, mentors, and personal introspective thinking... I think you know what decision I went with.

I know my passion for art will remain with me wherever I go, but I doubt I would ever go back to study engineering if I didn't do that right out of high school. This was a more secure choice when considering my entire future. I wanted to build my house on a rock foundation instead of building it on sand.

With computer engineering decided, I still hadn't completely answered my question. I didn't know definitively where I was going to go, how I would pay for it, where I would live, and all of those details. Along with the tree metaphor, the next major branch was deciding on the school. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seemed like a really great fit since it was in-state, had a top engineering program, and had so many resources and opportunities for my future.

There were still details that became fleshed out in the coming months before I came here. However, this question, and the following series of answers shape where I am now, and the path where my future will lead me. I will close with this post with the following passage: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

You can never know the answer until you ask the right question.