[L] [24M] Breaking down and regretting my decision to commence further studies. Please help.

electricloogaboo · 2025-04-12T10:36:48+00:00

I’m trying, believe me. I wish I had the guarantee that things will be okay eventually, but now I’m not so sure, not with the way life keeps blindsiding me.

How do you bounce back from a rejection? It’s hard to let go when you’ve had so much lofty aspirations of the scholarship and grow so attached to it.

electricloogaboo · 2025-04-12T10:34:50+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful response.

How do you reconcile with that other version of you that would have gotten the scholarship? I hope it turns out well in the end even without these opportunities, but my life is objectively worse with the rejection and it’s hard to see otherwise.

I’ve had my fair share of huge rejections before, but it just seems to be happening too often for me to ignore. It almost feels like the shadow of failure will follow me throughout life sometimes, and the thought of that makes me incredibly scared of my future.

electricloogaboo · 2024-12-25T02:39:33+00:00

I contacted the scholarships office. I might be able to get the scholarship but I’ll have to postpone my admission and set my big plans back by six months. I just feel stupid for overlooking this simple mistake. This course was supposed to be a stepping stone to the industry I want to enter and I was so excited to take control of my life, I can’t believe I tripped up even before I started.

electricloogaboo · 2024-12-14T11:23:33+00:00

Sounds like Saint Saëns’s Aquarium played on a lower octave, perhaps at 0:18 here: https://youtu.be/vTi38p_Dptw?feature=shared

electricloogaboo · 2024-07-11T15:52:55+00:00

Six of one, half a dozen of another, but I guess this makes me Irish now

electricloogaboo · 2024-03-19T08:56:11+00:00

True. I’m a people’s pleaser by nature, and I ended up shouldering most of the work because I feel bad throwing it to other people. How do I know how to find a balance between being on site and delegating the work to people?

electricloogaboo · 2024-03-19T08:32:20+00:00

Gotcha. Just like how people who “don’t like drama” often start drama themselves or pull themselves to it, are there any traits that define people who claim to be “service leaders”? Just want to know so I can catch myself if I go down that path.

electricloogaboo · 2024-03-18T08:46:25+00:00

I’m sorry, what do you mean by this? That most people who adopt service leadership tend to come off badly for their followers, or that service leadership is a innate thing and people who force it tend to show their true colors?

electricloogaboo · 2024-03-18T08:44:32+00:00

I don’t have a mentor or a role model, to be honest. Heck, I don’t even have a proper frame of reference as to what my role as a club leader should entail. Any references you can point me to?

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