So have you ever been told by people to not waste your nifty potential in life but not been told how exactly to go about it.
I used to face it as well but then I got past it through the course of some very fortunate circumstances.
This is how.
(cue, Capital Letters by Hailee Steinfeld)
My life used to be just like the song Capital Letters, Never was a leader, Never had a thing for fairytales… Small voice in the quiet.
In fact, for many years, in the prime of my youth I had to bear the accusation of not proving my mettle, untapping my full potential, becoming academically studious and… you get the gist.
But the problem wasn’t just apathy. Things are not just plain wrong in life that, are they?
Especially not when your life is embroiled in the high school drama of early peakers. That is right, an ostensibly popular high schooler is the last person you might expect empathy from on this earth.
Trivial as it might sound, these things do have a lot of impact on the psyche of their peers who haven’t figured themselves out. I know this because I suffered this ordeal.
I still describe my time in high school as a ghost wandering the school corridors. My name hadn’t been uttered in so long that when I started college I found a new power in people calling me by name.
Even then the ill effects had not waned since my naivete let me realize, only later that I was wronged in some way.
Unexpectedly my life took a positive direction and all that might have been suppressed before: the potential, aspirations and sociality, came into action and to light.
I became noteworthy in college for my cultural involvement. I ran a book club for my peers and contested in different vocations.
But the biggest up of ups came when…
I am a firm believer in the thought that the thing you love the most in life is capable of teaching you everything about the world. And so my insane romance with ‘the City of Lights,’ Paris, turned my life on its head.
The maiden voyage, then the second and the third each for tour, study and work respectively verified the postulate “Dream it. Do it.” in my life.
Paris is extremely artistic which got me dreaming, having a rich inner life but above all it showed me what it is to love something with all your heart.
Today, I identify myself as a Parispreneur- someone who has the knack to land the life of a Parisian if she chooses to.
Excuse the brazenness, but this is only to inform you that sometimes aimlessness in life can lead you to a greater purpose than you could imagine.
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