College studies.

I’m studying business management at Ahuntsic College to become an entrepreneur, while also playing football and still chasing a childhood dream of becoming a professional athlete one day. This is my final year of college studies and I’m debating whether I should continue football or stop after college, because that will impact my decision on which I’m going to attend university after college.

Choice 1 : Stop playing football after college

Go to the University of Montreal.

I stopped playing football after college, I’ve graduated with my degree in business management. I chose a university that will keep me relatively close to home, so I could still have all my family and friends around me. After 1 year at the University of Montreal my studies are going well, I miss playing football but that gives me more time to dedicate to school and start to think about what I want to do after finishing my degree.

Choice 1 : Graduate and go get a job

Choice 2 : Graduate and go do an internship

Go to Saint Mary's University.

I continued to play football after college, that impacted my university choice because I ultimately chose a school where I was comfortable for academics but also sports, I graduated from college with my degree and moved to Halifax to attend Saint Mary’s University. After a full year there the change of reality from Montreal was hard at first being far away from family and friends but I got to understand that those are sacrifices you must make to chase your dreams and aspirations. I’m focused to graduate with my degree and try to go play professional football.

Choice 1 : Getting a job after graduating from university

Choice 2 : Trying to go play professional football after graduating from university

Getting a job after graduating from university.

After graduating from the University of Montreal with my degree, I went and got a job a couple months later at a TD bank in Montreal where I would only be assigned to do basic tasks, but I thought to myself that it was normal because I’ve just graduated and is new to the job.

Choice 1 : Keep working at the job and get promoted

Go to do an internship after graduating from university.

After graduating from the University of Montreal with my degree, I decided to apply for an internship outside of Canada, at Amazon’s expansion headquarters in Seattle, USA. The internship got me the opportunity to see how one of the world's biggest company is ran and how it works on a day-to-day basis, while also working and learning how to do certain tasks needed in the business industry.

Choice 1 : Got offered a permanent job there after internship

Getting a job after graduating from university.

After graduating from Saint Mary’s University, I moved back to Montreal and took a year off to catch up with life here after being gone for 4 years and celebrate getting my degree. After, the year off I went to get a job at a TD bank in Montreal where I start off only doing basic tasks.

Choice 1 : Keep working at the job to get promoted

Trying to go play professional football.

After graduating from Saint Mary’s University, I got my degree and decided to enter the CFL draft and try my chances at going to play professional football because if it doesn’t work out, I can always go get a regular job later.

Choice 1 : continue a career in professional sports

Keep working at TD bank.

I kept on working at the TD bank that I first applied to and been working at since I graduated. During a long time, it’s been kind of a dead-end job because for a long time I was only assigned to do basic tasks that I didn’t get experience or knowledge from, but I finally got promoted to a better role that also comes with better pay, so I can save up money to try to start my own company in the future.

Choice 1 : Keep working and saving up money to open own business

Professional football career.

I got drafted in the late rounds of the CFL draft I tried out for; therefore, the money wasn’t that high because I wasn’t an early round draft pick, but I worked hard to earn a second contract that would pay a lot better, and after a 5-year career I’ve decided to retire to preserve my health because during the last couple years I’ve been experiencing a lot of injuries and stress.

Choice 1 : Retire and open a business

Open my own business after years of saving money from bank job.

After years of working at TD bank and living on tight budget to save up money to open my own business, I’ve finally saved up an amount that I consider to be enough to pay for all the expenses of opening up my own business and also enough to cover the fact that the first couple years I might not make any profit but indeed lose money because that’s pretty much always how it goes when first opening up a business. So, I opened my business and worked very hard these first couple years to make sure it’s going to be a success.

Choice 1 : Keep working as an entrepreneur until retirement

Got a permanent job at Amazon after my internship.

After my internship at the Amazon expansion headquarter was over, I was offered a permanent job there, so I decided to take it and renew my Visa to stay in Seattle to work at Amazon to get more experience and earn enough money so when I eventually decide to come back to Montreal, I can open my own company or even stay in the United States of America and open my own company there.

Choice 1 : Come back to Montreal

Choice 2 : Stay in USA

Opening a business after retiring from professional football.

After I retired from professional football, I had a lot of free time on my hand and I knew I had to find a way to make something out of the money I made during my career, so decided to use that money I earned and open my own business after returning to Montreal. That process was sped up by the fact that I already earned enough money from my athletic career to cover the fees needed to open a company and, I’ve formed a lot of relationship with a lot of highly placed people that can help me with promotion, clientele … etc.

Choice 1 : Working as an entrepreneur until retirement.

Working as an entrepreneur until retirement.

After the hard years of working to establish my company were done and successful, I kept on working and trying to make my company becomes better and expands to more cities outside of Montreal, I also decided to start planning for an easy retirement plan, so I can sit back and enjoy life in the future when everything is going to be said and done, and also finding someone who’s going to be running the company when I’m going to be retiring.

Choice 1 : Retire

Coming back to Montreal and opening a business.

After coming back to Montreal, I had to get settled back down to my old lifestyle here because I was gone for quite a while, so after that, I put my focus into opening my own company with the knowledge and resources I learned from my time working in USA also the money helped a lot because living temporarily there I didn’t have to do a lot of expenses so after coming back I had a lot of money already saved up for this project.

Choice 1 : Keep working as an entrepreneur until retirement

Staying in the USA and opening a business.

I decided to stay in USA after my time working at Amazon because I was already comfortable with the lifestyle in Seattle and had made relationships here that can help me ease the process of opening my own company plus the money I would have used to move back can be put into my business. Therefore, I decided to open my company in the US instead of moving back to Canada.

Choice 1 : Working as an entrepreneur until retirement.