the evolving mantra
There was a point in this year when the burden of classes, college, friends, laundry, responsibility, distance from home - it all felt like too much. Of course, it wasn’t, but I had no perspective. To help myself through the late nights where I pumped caffeine into my body and wished to hell I didn’t procrastinate, I would tell myself:
I can do this and more.
It inspired me and got the job done. Tonight I had dinner with one of the most phenomenal people I have ever met. She is a student, but she doesn’t need to be qualified as such, because she is simply a stand-alone phenomeonon. In any population, among any crowd. I won’t elaborate on her achievements (just for a taste: she’s a sophomore with a double major in biology and chemistry, who will graduate next year, and has at least 2 job offers and 1 med school admission on the table). Not kidding. She also happens to be beautiful (really, not just saying that), chill, fun, down-to-earth, and totally in balance.
I’ve never felt so inspired. And now my new mantra is:
I can do about 10 times what I’m doing, and DAMMIT I will.
Moral of the story: if you have a person like that in your life, don’t let them make you feel inferior or insufficient. Learn from them.
