Kuwait Times

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Sometimes in life we are expected to do so much; graduate high school with a specific GPA, go to a specific university, and get a specific job- all which represent, in my opinion, one thing, power. Power, to many people, is a way of life, its thought to be one thing you should have in order to be respected, comfortabl­e and to have it easy. However, listening to all those lectures from our parents, watching our classmates achieve their goals and our friends applying to higher education or jobs, makes you wonder about one thing; Are you really doing the “right” thing? But before you answer that, ask yourself “what is the right thing?” Is there really a “right” or is it what we make it to be? Bare with me, my “right” to me was, graduating high school, getting a job I didn’t necessaril­y like in order to make it easier for me to apply and most likely to get the job I really wanted, which was to teach at a university. Things have changed since then, a lot. I wasn’t happy with my job, which led to me to a crossroad and I thought to myself, how do people make a decision for what they want, is it a career or a job?

You don’t really start your life till after university, or getting a job. It really matures you and you get to see things differentl­y. Things you thought really matter, really dont. You start dropping everything and everyone who isn’t necessary, and who doesn’t add any value to you or your life. When you start setting goals and have a clear vision for how you want to build yourself in the

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