has a gap year after hs ever helped anyone or are they all like me and became mentally crushed by the pressure of figuring everything out myself bc no guidance counselor or teacher was there to help me anymore
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it helped me personally but that was because i needed to get my ged and work on myself a lot. but needing someone to help you is not a weakness or a personal failing. i had a good gap year because i was able to get a job, had a strong support system, and used the time to get a good therapist.
most of which are privileges. idk if it helps but some of the wisdom given to me by others is your job or thing you seek for education doesnt have to be something that you love unconditionally all the time. it can be more realistic to view it as something you can have a healthier relationship with /
can tolerate when its boring or hard, but enjoy when things are good. i was also told by my mother to just pick a direction if i didnt know wtf to do. which is what im doing right now and im going to try it out for a year so i can get started on uni and then transfer if i dont like it. its really
easy to get stuck in a hole of just like zero structure and shitty mental health so i think the most important advice ive ever recieved is simply just to be patient with yourself. and if you struggle with that, to figure out why you feel like you cant be patient with yourself and challenge that.
and also dont be afraid to just challenge yourself in general if you are able. something that is really helping me figure out what i want to do is attending community college. this is kind of a ramble but maybe you can get something from it because deciding your life is hard and stupid because
they always have it figured out in the genshin impact or the cartoons but they just dont show the challenge it takes to get to the point where youre comfortable with yourself. nobody has it figured out. and yoj may have been taught by a competitive upbringing that you should try anyway, but
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