In our society, we tend to adhere to our preconceived notions about following the conventional career path. True be told, very little or no support is observed when anyone tries something new or out of the box. The primary concern of our family members is always future scope and whether we are going to sustain in such career options. People do forget that they may fail in the conventional path also, just like in my case. I wonder, what did I learn from my failures and mistakes? Today I am going to share my views on this aspect. Additionally, I am also interested in sharing my opinion about the time duration that one should devote to his immediate goal.