![]() The panic and the fear comes from a place where I am very unsure about what I want to do when I finish uni, or what order I want to do things in, and suddenly being 20 feels very serious, like there’s a lot more I should be doing or should have done now to at least feel like I have something else going for me than just education. ![]() Is it that we have a fear that there are certain milestones we should have reached by now but haven’t? I’ve just finished second year, like most of my friends, and I have this sense of panic setting in whenever I think about this time next year when, hopefully, I’ll be graduating with a BA Hons. What do we mean when we moan that we need to get our lives together? Where is this need coming from? And how is it affecting the way we view where we are at now? ![]() This uni thing isn’t easy, it can be mentally and physically debilitating so why are we putting extra pressure on ourselves, feeling like we need to get our lives together on top of attending university? I’m going to try and explain why I feel like this, and what I think is the solution, and hopefully some of you may be able to see your own reasons and beliefs throughout. ![]() For most of us, we’re still students, trying to get that extra education for whatever reason, whether to procrastinate making those hefty life decisions, or to have that chance to find your alcohol limits and go beyond them, or whether you seriously need it for your career of choice. One of the most common phrases I’ve heard over the last six months is ‘I need to get my life together.’ From flatmates, to friends, to many, many people on twitter and Facebook, the general consensus seems that we should be at a certain point in our lives right now. ![]()
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