"It is better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all": October 2012

It has been 3 weeks since I started higher education and I have to admit that it is not easy to work and study, but nobody said it was easy:) Lectures are very interesting and inspiring... actually everyday is a challenge. Yesterday I finished my tutorial at 5 and was supposed to be at work at 5:30. Unfortunately, I was late due to a traffic congestion... Oh, I hate when I am late (even a few minutes). Next month I will have to submit my first essay so I am a bit scared, as I have never written an academic coursework. The thing is that I try to give the best of me every day but I know that I am not perfect. It drives me crazy but we are only human (oh, sometimes I think that I am an alien from Mars). A few months ago I promised myself: 'If I reach my destination, I will use every chance'. Aberdeen is such a wonderful, industrial, fast-moving, prosperous city and the Robert Gordon University is such an inspiring, simultaneous place:) such a great place to study:) I don't want to waste and miss any chance I am given.

If you are reading this post now, it means that you probably consider studying abroad... It was NOT very difficult for me to answer the question "What am I going to do in the future?" I did not have this problem, because I really fell for business at the age of 17. I did not want to study Law (my relatives wanted that), I did not want to study engineering (Polish government and job advisers wanted that:)), I would not like to be a doctor or an architect. I am crazy about business, economics management, marking, human resources, advertising, finance. I have so many ideas in my head... I wish I could paint or sing... But I did not get any of these gifts....But I have an artistic soul so, at least, I have my creativeness, imagination and passion. I am addicted to music (I listen to music all the time), I love photography, travelling, geography and obviously I love English:)

Today we had a Management Development lecture and I found a very interesting quotation:

Omni Nunc Arte Magistra

Make the best of your abilities

I hope that you will make a good decision and have a chance to study something that you love, something that makes you happy, something that really interests you...

If you do not know what you would like to do in the future, do not panic. Have a gap year... Many people do it. Maybe you need more time to find your vocation:) My colleague studied Managements Studies but she did not like it... so she applied for Biochemistry and she is a fresher again:) Did she waste a year? No! She learned many transferable skills, improved her language skills and, most importantly, realized what she wants to do for the rest of her life:) Ask yourself "Is it really something that I want to do for 40 or 45 years of my life?' It is your choice. You can listen to your parents, classmates, teachers, career advisers, economists, government... But remember that you are the one who makes a final decision!