Most of us students go through a similar feeling of uncertainty about our studies and career. Some days we are very optimistic, while on others, we’re just down, full of insecurities and apprehensions.

I also felt like everyone else already had a plan — the friend who knows what she wants to study, another who has already started a small business or the classmate who somehow balances ten things at once and still seems full of energy. And then there’s me — confused, tired and uncertain.

Our expressions depict what we go through and one day, seeing my confused expression, my recreational teacher asked me the reason. I told her about my confused and uncertain state of mind regarding my present and future.

She smiled and said, “Maybe not knowing isn’t such a bad thing. Maybe it’s part of the process. Your problem is that you want everything to be clear and mapped out right away, but not everything can go the way we want. In most cases, whether studies or your career, you just........

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