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It wasn’t until back in 2015, I was asked by my father that whether I wanted to do architecture or urban planning? He gave me a situation where he told me to choose a scenario, would you love to “build a building from a city” or you would love to “build a city and within that different building.”?A million thoughts were rendering in my mind at the speed of light, with a deep breath and slow heart rate I choose the second option (build a city and within that different building). This was the movement when I realized that I have flipped the coin, now it is time to look forward to the ardent journey of Urban, Regional and Infrastructure Planning.Koi No Yokan (Japanese): The sense upon first meeting a person that the two of you are going to fall into love. Similarly, this was what I discovered when I first started to learn about urban and regional planning. The very first day at the university made me imagine what I had to do with my life.The most important part of the journey is to establish a growth mindset. Every project I had worked or initiated, I always had one approach in my mind i.e. growth mindset. (People in a growth mindset believe anyone can be good at anything because your abilities are entirely due to your actions) It was the crux for deciphering planning. Because of the growth mindset, I was able to deeply communicate with people on various levels. The biggest secret I found for communication is this: “It’s not what you say, It’s how you say it.” I have adapted this secret into my daily work and life, and it has given me the confidence to pitch forward my ideas in a fluent and easy to comprehend way. This field has not just taught me the technicalities of design and planning process and its skills, but also the ability to recreate and refabricate your thoughts to a level where you can do something wonderful for people or the end-users. As Swami Vivekanand rightly said “ We are what our thoughts have made us. Words are secondary. Thoughts live. They Travel……..Far.”I love my Profession and am Proud to be an Urban, Regional, and Infrastructure Planner..