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many ways you could look at it. Maybe it shows that self- discovery is no easy way; or that in the end one realizes that everything that happened was essential to shape and guide their journey, or that self-discovery is quite dynamic, or many other things. Sharing it with you is what I think is most important.
As said earlier, most of campus life is about making decisions. Seeing that you are immediately from high school where you were very restricted and most decisions were made for you, having to choose now on so many things can be daunting for many people. Or where the individual decides to brave the choices, they may end up picking just the ones that are bad for them. You need not be scared about making many and big decisions, and you also should not go at them with an out-of-the-roof cockiness. The best decisions are made when one is calm, free from any external influences, especially emotions – martial art masters can assure you that.
It is best to first of all define your interests, abilities, your social and emotional needs. You don’t have to be right about your abilities and interests the first time, or the second. No one is ever right about these at first. Just pick something and work with it. You know yourself enough to start somewhere. Then as you make your choices, trust yourself as your own judge; trust your choices. This isn’t to mean that you won’t make bad choices, no. you will surely make them, that’s a given. But it’s better to make wrong choices, learn from them and quickly move on than to waste time fretting over making bad choices. Defining your interest and needs eliminates the others and allows you to
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