So 2018 has finally arrived and now it's the time of the year where nostalgia and excitement both meet. It's the time where we reflect on the lessons learnt from the past year and use them for self improvement, and look forward to what the coming days and months will bring for you.
2017 for me, without a doubt wasn't the best of years, but reflecting back to how much has changed from the downsides of the year to how the year ended, I'm grateful to say overcoming these obstacles have contributed to my self growth - and what else can contribute to sucess more than self growth and improvement?
Despite the few setbacks I thankfully overcame, one of my proudest achievements of the year was finishing my fashion studies at college with my own mini collection which still is one of my treasured memories, simply because so much hard work went into the process and just proved that anything worthwile to have in life will never be easy, but if it's worth having, then the hard work is not a problem. If you believe you can and will, you'll begin to believe in yourself more than ever and will find the motivation to make what you want in life a reality.
Personally I think one of the major setbacks in life can be that not everyone knows whats right for them first time round. And this was a challenge I faced this year. After proudly getting into University to study a 3-year course in Fashion Design, I lived through most of the first term/semester and made new friends and met new people, as expected. Despite studying this course being my own choice, as the term progressed, I started to realise that the course wasn't for me. I started to have no motivation to carry on working on something that I knew wasn't making me happy. Keeping this thought hidden for weeks in the hope things would improve got the better of me and got to the point where I was rethinking my whole future because things were not going as expected. Honestly it was just a shame that things weren't working out how I wanted to, especially since I had the vision of doing fashion from such a young age, but it didn't mean I gave up completely.
After considering my options and speaking to different people, I came to the decision to leave my course. And this took alot of guts because I knew there was no going back. But i realised if something in life isn't right, you've got to take action straight away instead of wasting time on something that won't contribute to your future. Although I left the course, I still strongly felt that university was the route to success and it was still something I knew I wanted to pursue. When you are surrounded by people who want nothing but the best for eachother, making decisions are so much easier when you have the support from other people - which I'm immensly grateful about having. My friends and family were so supportive when I decided to go to a new university to do a different course which I knew would make me happy and I would enjoy. I made an application to UCAS to study a degree in Fashion Management, which I was proudly offered an uncondtional place to start in September.
Bringing all this together made me rethink what I really wanted for my future and how much I wanted it. Like I said before, 'Nothing worthwile ever comes easily' - of course it'll be hard, but if it's really worthwile, you'll have to work hard for it until you deserve it.
With all of this in mind, 2018 will be the year of working on myself and my future, and making myself proud, making memories that will last a lifetime and purely enjoying life to the fullest. This year will end differently to how it has begun and it will all be down to you - what you do and who you choose to be surrounded by will contribute to your own happiness. This isn't to say there won't be any challenges or setbacks, but any negative will help you grow positively to become a better you.
'KEEP YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH AND KEEP DREAMING - AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, YOU'LL GO FAR.'
I wish you all the best for the year, and start the year the way you wish to carry on. Here's to more life in 2018.
- Jem x
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