So go, be daring - (I graduated!)
“It’s better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution. So go, be daring.” I never uploaded pictures of my undergraduate graduation. It was one of the worst days of my life and I can’t look at the photos without seeing all the sadness that I was tucking deep down inside myself. I couldn’t understand why I was supposed to be happy. It felt like a funeral for my old life, where all my friends were going off to bright futures and I truly didn't believe I had one. I had never lived without a plan before and I didn’t believe I could. I wanted to go to my masters graduation because I got it. Finally. I understood why this is a celebration. Why it’s not the ending to my story. I didn’t graduate as anything. I’m not a doctor or a lawyer or a nurse or an engineer. There is no set path for me to follow, I have to carve it myself. And yes that is terrifying. But I am brave. I have realised I have it in me to forge my own path. The chancellor to...