'When (lawyers) tell me they left the office at 3am, I was a bit scared of that.'
SINGAPORE — Just weeks after completing her bar exam last December, Poon Shu Qi signed a lease that would change the course of her career after four years of toiling at law school.
Less than a week later, Poon had a new gym space. Fearing her parents' reaction, Poon only told them about the career switch a few days after signing the contract. She mustered up the courage one night and penned her thoughts in a blog post, sending the link to her parents, who were in a separate room at that point. They thought she was joking.
One year into law school, Poon started her own fitness journey by joining a gym with her parents and was immediately hooked. “I just felt like I liked the growth in myself and I kind of wanted to see it for everyone else,” she recalled.In her second year of study, Poon snagged a law training contract and was due to complete a six-month stint upon graduation as part of requirements to become a full-fledged corporate lawyer. But fitness still held a place in her heart that law could not displace.
“All along I wanted to do both but at the same time I knew that it would be a struggle to do both, just because there’s really no time at all. So I was struggling with the fact that I still wanted to do fitness, I wanted to coach, but at the same time I have to do law.” “It’s my business so I want to see it grow as well so I’m completely okay with not taking a salary. I still want to see it through in the long run,” she said. While she does not see herself returning to law in the near future, law would still be her backup plan should her current venture wind up.Since opening her gym, Poon took to LinkedIn to share her experience and found that her circumstances resonated with many others.
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