now is the time to assuage your desires :)

Hello everyone!

I hope your world is a beautiful place. Although I am bound by social jurisdictions, I can still say I am quite content with my life.
Although like all of you, I have year 12, a year which threatens to mould one's identity, and leave some disorientated, dazed and confused. I've been there before. It's not a comfortable posse.

Having said that though, the calm after the storm is often the best point of time to savour one's life. After busy times, reorienting one's direction in life is often useful to ensure you are milking every single ounce of life.

So on that note, i'll try and jot down a gameplan here so that, when confused at all, I can refer to this gameplan to boost my confidence and reinforce a sense of purpose in my life.

1) I'm heading towards that last exam on 17th of November
2) I want to feed my musical aspirations next year. If I don't give music at least one go, I will lose a part of me.
3) Courses such as Journalism, International Studies (for my humanitarian side :P) and Music Industry have popped up recently as a result of RMIT. Cross that bridge when I get to it :P
4) If all goes well, a year off for me next year. Academia and monetary wealth shouldn't be all that is in a year 12's mind at this stage of the game.

Once we finish that last exam, I encourage everyone to explore the world. Be like little Dora the Explorer, because the world's your oyster. Feed what you love, and if what you love can only be achieved in uni, then go to uni. If not, then take a year off. Gain life experience. Be a citizen of your surroundings, not a prisoner of your boundaries.

Now parents' expectations can play a HUGE factor in people's future, notably Asians. However, talk to your parents and friends about your future. That might be hard, but don't internalise shit. Internalising is toxic and in the end, it will eat you up inside.

One thing that should be duly noted is that everyone should take the time to enjoy life, and contextualise their existence within their environment. Don't get so busy, that operational forces such as God, fate or Karma has to throw a brick at you to get your attention. Goal-directed behaviour nourishes a person's sense of who they are, and the action that must be taken to achieve their desired future. However, enjoy the motions sometimes. Life is relatively luxurious in Melbourne compared to starving children in Africa, or displaced orphans in China as a result of floods.

Gotta add something else to gameplan: Must finish Year 12! Keep your desires at bay, but give this last three months all you've got. Most of the ATAR's satisfaction lies in whether you've given everything you have. If you start something, you should finish it well.

Oh my meanderings...I hope everybody battles well through the term.
Peace out, mate
Justin