Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is now official. I dropped out of University! You might be surprised if you know me or you might not be and that’s totally fine. But, I still wanted to explain why I made this decision after a few weeks of confusion.
Do you ever feel like you’re doing something and you have no idea what you’ll gain from it? Do you ever feel confused about who you are or what you want out of life and you start questioning your goals? Do you ever feel like you're doing something for everyone except yourself? Well, this is what happened to me. I got confused with my own thoughts and I didn’t know what to do or what to think anymore.
Since I was a little girl, I always wanted to go to University and have the prestigious title that would come with the degree I’d get. I wanted people to be impressed by the fact that I was smart and that I was good in school. I wanted to feel like I was someone important and respectable because I would own a piece of paper … THE piece of paper that is now, according to me, overrated by society.
After graduating from College in Business Marketing, my motivation to go to University started to disappear slowly. I started this semester and I felt like I was wasting time. I was redoing the same classes I did in College and I didn’t feel like I would gain anything out of it.
To me, education has always been one of my deepest values. I think it is extremely important to educate ourselves and to learn new things every day. The only thing I don’t believe in anymore is that we must learn in between 4 walls, a teacher and 5000$ worth of books and tuition fees every semester. Although, I won’t hide that it feels weird that all my friends are currently studying for their midterms and I don’t have any exam coming up.
Furthermore, I value self-growth a lot. I think growing and maturing come from experience. We grow by living new things and by trying new stuff. We grow when we step out of our comfort zone and discover parts of who we are that we never knew existed before.
By dropping out of University, I get to focus on my new goals: travelling, finding my passions and eventually starting my own business. I will always continue to learn, but this time, I want to learn from my mistakes. It is time for me to face the real world and to solve the deepest mystery that I have been exposed to my entire life which is my own self.
“Love yourself enough to create an environment in your life that is conducive to the nourishment of your personal growth. Allow yourself to let go of the people, thoughts, and situations that poison your well-being. Cultivate a vibrant surrounding and commit yourself to making choices that will help you release the greatest expression of your unique beauty and purpose."
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