Now you know who you are again:.

About a month ago I was talking with my family about how different our lives would be if we had taken different decisions at key points in our lives. There was no consensus, but one of the main ideas was that it's not always easy to identify these key points in your life. That is, you can only identify these moments long after you've experienced them, so in the end there's no need to worry about them, you just have to enjoy life in the best way you can =):.

Anyway, during these conversations I put myself as an example. Back in 2004 I was enrolled in a University that highly encouraged to study abroad during your career, and so, in the verge of my last year at school I tried to enroll in a 6-month program in a canadian university. However, due to some last-minute administrative problems I couldn't complete the process.

I remember being quite annoyed at the time, because I thought that it would be my last opportunity to study abroad during my bachelor degree. But just a few weeks later, my University published a new opportunity to spend the summer in Budapest, working in artificial intelligence (AI) and web application development. To be honest, I didn't know much about Budapest or AI, but I did recognise that this would be my last opportunity to study outside Mexico for a long time, and I signed up as quickly as I could!. This experience opened my eyes (both in a professional and in a personal way), and I remember saying that I would do everything I could to go back to Europe in the future.

I finished my bachelor degree and went to work at a good company in Mexico city. But then the time came where I felt I needed more challenges and started looking for new opportunities. I saw this particularly interesting job offer in the school system, to work in Spain, and applied right away, though I knew it would be really difficult for me to get the job. Surprisingly, the company contacted me for an interview.

The interesting part is that I refused to go to the interview!. I called them back and told them that I wasn't sure if I was ready to leave my job and that I didn't want them to waste their time. The Human Resources person could have just said that it was OK, but she insisted so strongly that in the end I accepted to go to the interview (Actually, it was her pledge, and me remembering my stay in Budapest the last year). In the end I got the job, and went to Spain for a couple of years.

I don't know, at that time I had a relationship that could've turned into something really serious, so it makes me wonder what kind of life would I be living if I had stayed in Mexico 6-7 years ago. The truth is that it doesn't really matter now. Due to my spanish experience I decided that I eventually wanted to go back to Europe (again!), which I did back just a few years later.

What would have happened if had studied in Canada in 2004?. What if Sherinny hadn't being with me during the summer of 2005?. What if I had turned down the spanish job in 2006?. What if I hadn't accepted the opportunity to study in France in 2011?. And even more, what if my grand father had never come to Mexico City?. What if my father had never worked in Texcoco?. 

I guess we'll never know. Anyway, this summer I'm going back to Budapest for the Sziget music festival =):.

You're going to tell me that I'm right,
you're going to come back down,
and find yourself,
where you are again.