Reflection: I look back the year's trials and tribulations
This week's post is a reflection. This year has brought with it significant changes both personal and with regard to the trajectory of my career. When the year began, I had fully recovered from a life changing surgery and felt that I had a new lease on life; a chance to start over. The future seemed exciting with a great many prospects to look forward to. During the years leading up to 2020, I had successfully masked serious mental illness. I had achieved this morbid feat through a toxic reliance on myself and had cultivated a belief system which at its core mandated that I solve my own problems and that no one had the acumen to help me. Back to the beginning of the year: things were also looking up in the realm of academia. I had successfully completed the first two years of my four-year degree programme and was primed and ready to tackle year three. However, there was a problem. The meagre passion I had for my degree programme would finally succumb as my lack of interest in the ...