“Find life experiences and swallow them
whole. Travel. Meet many people. Go down some dead ends and explore dark
alleys. Try everything. Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of life.”
- Lawrence K. Fish
I think sometimes we get lost in
comparing ourselves to others and the paths others have chosen. I certainly
have, but it's also a path that I have decided is also right for me. I don't
know whether at this point it is right, but for now it feels right. Finally
things are starting to fall into place, slowly but surely, and I'm looking
forward to the future. Through these past months I have numerous set backs, and
a period of time where I felt lost, unable to get anywhere and just stuck in a
rut. Then I decided to take action, more action, trying more and more, and
it's all landed almost where I've wanted it.
This isn't a post bragging about how
I've managed to get what I wanted, rather perseverance. I think sometimes
we lose sight of what we want, or sometimes even that if we don't get the first
few things we want we lose hope. We start thinking maybe this isn't the path
for me, maybe I'm not cut out for this; and there are a million posts about
this. I try to stay inspired by reading these posts, try to stay on top of my
work, try not to compare myself to everybody else's journey. Comparison
can be good for you, they can make you strive harder, but they can also make
you feel inadequate. Make sure you give yourself time to
self reflect, make sure you know your self worth, make sure you remind
yourself everybody's journey is different.
It's fun, having loads of interviews and
not making most of them, it's fun. You've been able to talk to somebody you
probably would never have come into contact with. You've been able to talk
about your strengths and weaknesses, helping your self reflection. It
definitely all helps in some way or the other.Today, I met a girl, woman should
I say. She has taken a wonderful path that I probably will not follow. But
hearing about it made me ever more curious, and to just hear about her
journey was amazing. Everybody we meet will have had a different journey, don't
hate yourself for not having theirs. You have probably been down a road they've
never been on.
Embrace it.
Inspire others.
Inspire yourselves.
Keep going.
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