COVID-19 & Graduation
30 June 2020
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I completed my last semester of university and it’s definitely been weird. I think it’s fair to say that the situation’s pretty unprecedented and most of us never would’ve predicted a global pandemic to happen. Someone once told me that it’s often the things we can’t predict that has the biggest impacts on the world/people’s lives and I can certainly agree that COVID-19 has affected various aspects of pretty much everyone’s lives. It’s felt almost surreal to me that something like this happened and I’m in awe of how quickly the world around...
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24 May 2020
Something I recently realized is that fear often holds me back. It’s what causes a lot of the hesitation I have. Fear of pain, fear of disappointment or disappointing others, fear of failure, fear of making mistakes or hurting others.. the list could go on. And very closely related to that is uncertainty. I’m never sure what is or isn’t the right decision and I’m scared of being wrong and making the incorrect choice. But with the realization that this is what holds me back, I’ve also realized that I don’t want this fear to stop me. If I’m always...
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