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Feeling the Fear and Doing It Anyway - My Experience after Leaving University

My name is Melisa Gomez. My transition story will be based on going from first year of university, to a gap year out in the real world. Why did I leave uni? Let me give you a back story. I entered university in 2017 straight from highschool. To be honest, I didn’t really know what i was doing. Academics has always been extremely important in my family, and I was a high achiever at school. My mind had always been set on going acing a degree at the University of Auckland straight after high school. However, when I came to the decision of degree, I realised I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to study. After a lot of research, I decided to dive into a conjoint of Business and Psychology. Psych because it was something that always interested me, business because... I guess that’s the go to option when you really don’t know. This commenced to a year of stress, overworking, and many panic attacks. As I said, academia was extremely important to me, and I set myself tasks to achieve the h...
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Hello high-school leavers, I have created this blog for those of you who are just leaving high school and are confused about what you want to do next year. I went through the same problem, and ended up choosing a degree I didn't love, and taking a gap year on the search of what I wanted to do. Even though I don't regret the experience, it was a $9000 mistake that's now in my debt bank. I want you to be able to avoid this. I want you to be able to go into uni, or go travelling, or do whatever you want with more certainty of where this path may lead you in 5 years. I have asked people who have gone through the process of different degrees, going off the track and travelling for years, going straight into working, to speak out about their experience and where it might take you in a few years if you decide to take the same path. Hope you the adventure, and know that you DO NOT have to know what you want to be right now. Now you have the time to explore your hearts out. ...
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