#my graduation postscript

[zhu-tto]

this is still personal development

maybe i haven't really learned anything, but i feel like i've learned so much.

what i mean by that is it doesn't feel like i've acquired any new knowledge, but the things i thought i knew and even the things i never gave much thought to, i now know to be true. life lessons can be told, but there is nothing that brings it home more than experience.

[zhu-tto]

tough cookie

i think university really showed me how tough i am. it was a true test of resilience because wow the days could get so hard. i knew that i would always get through them, that they were simply obstacles, but if i could talk to undergrad me, i'd tell myself:

some days are so hard, but you can cry. you can wallow. because i know you see everything as a challenge you can overcome but some days you're just too exhausted to fight. and that's okay. you're not a soldier, you're human. rest up for now, and although you'll never feel truly ready to take it on again, stand up and get back out there. you will be ready, i promise.