At the beginning of 2024, I was afraid of missing my year, I didn't know what I wanted to do, what I was going to do and my year 2023 was better enough for me to think that the next one would be better too...but apparently I underestimated it.
I had my final year of high school underway. Before March I absolutely had to formulate my wishes for the university year. I had already made up my mind that I wanted to do a degree in Marketing Techniques, I was sure of myself and yet deep down something was telling me that it wasn't really what I wanted to do. My chances of getting in were very slim, but I always told myself that I could do it and that I'd be accepted.
In the meantime, I wanted to set up a project. I had a passion: “Crocheting”. I told myself that summer or winter you can always create things and on tik tok I'd often come across videos of people showing off their creations and many people in the comments said they wanted to buy etc...although that didn't prove they were actually going to buy but once again I told myself tempting this adventure.
I then wanted to do everything myself to see how far I could go. I crocheted, I networked, and I started coding my own website so that I could sell as soon as I had people interested. I think this was the most complicated because I never did that before, it was the first time. Unfortunately, trying to create crochet content twice a week in addition to classes was too complicated but I kept going until my hand said STOP. Hiring someone was still impossible for me as a student, so I left.
I was sad, but I'm also happy because this project gave me a path to my career. When I left this project I asked myself:_ “What would I like to do now?”_ And then I remembered the moment when I learned to code and made my own site. I liked it and I knew I was interested in all things technological, but I never asked myself the question. So I chose to go down that road. I then applied to a university where I could improve this skill. But again my chance of getting in was slim, the teachers and even the guidance counselor said I'd never be accepted, and having a good application wasn't enough but I still believed in it because I wanted to.
A few weeks later I received an e-mail for an interview at the university, and I was happy because there was hope. It didn't go so well because I didn't have much to show for it and I didn't know how to answer some of the questions, so I'd already comforted myself. But a few weeks later, I got a positive answer from them and I was surprised and happy. I then set about working and improving myself even more. And a few days later I had my baccalaureate.
Today, I'm studying at a university where people thought I wouldn't be, where I didn't even know I could be. If there's one thing 2024 has taught me, it's: “Just because other people say it, doesn't mean it's really going to happen”. I think you just have to believe and want it. We all have a project and we can't always guarantee its success, but what's important is that we know how to get back up.
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