Dear keks, the grand finale approaches!
The end of my bachelors degree is closer than ever and lately I find myself pausing more often than usual to sit back and reflect on what I’ve achieved, where I’ve fallen short, the people who have shaped this journey, and yes, the deadlines that have shaped it too.
After five months of holiday and internship, I have finally returned to school for the first semester of my final year, and the pace has already picked up, with courses like scientific writing pushing us to sharpen our critical thinking, and the growing clarity about the paths each of us is choosing to walk either in career or in life as a whole.
Despite the incredible workload this semester demands, looking beyond the coursework and research, this already feels like a semester meant for fuller growth: academically, yes, but also spiritually, physically, emotionally, socially, and mentally as sort of an undercurrent/ preparation to be more of the person I need to be.
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If I’m being honest, there’s a weight to all of this, with all these high expectations from parents and family, the quiet pressure to get things, grade anxiety, and the ongoing work of self discovery before stepping off campus into the “real world”. These are things usually kept as mental side-notes but as growth must prevail, I am learning to face them head on rather than avoid them.
But if there’s one thing I keep coming back to, it’s this: “whatever you fully commit to seeing through, you will accomplish.”~baa
Kaizzi.E.K
