2020

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How did 'not-finishing-college' change my life

Okay, it might seems I am a quitter. Well, I don't think I am. I just stopped doing things just because I thought I should and because of other people.

When I passed my maturita exam and successfully ended my studies at high school, I didn't want to go to college, at least not straight away. I needed some time to think about my life, about my next step, however, this discussion was impossible with my parents, because they knew I was smart and not going to college would be a disaster. I lived with them, they paid my bills and I was affraid to leave my safe place and go living on my own.

So I went to the college and studied. One year, two years, three years and then it came. I didn't pass one exam and I knew I would have to study one extra year to get my bachelor degree. Maybe this unsuccessful exam was just what I needed and at that very moment I realized I was doing something I didn't want to do and I wasn't enjoying this student's life - no parties, no pubs, just school. From Monday to Friday. Somedays from 7 in the morning, somedays to 8 in the evening. And I hated going there. I was nervous from my coming exams, I was doing homework all the time, some subjects I didn´t even fully understand and I enjoyed only some of them. Well, not many in fact. In most of them I enjoyed more spending time with my friends, than actually enjoying the subject itself.

I found out that not studying gives me freedom. I had more time on things I actually liked and I could learn only things I want to trully learn. For example languages. I felt there was more space in my brain. I even started learning Russian (again) and I loved it. Okay, to be completely honest and fair, I met some good friends at school and of course, learnt a bunch new things, I just didn´t feel like I need to go there. I didn´t even wanted to do this job I would be able to do after finishing school, but instead of quitting right away, I found a part-time job, then another part-time job and then I quit. And didn´t tell my parents. I pretended I was going to school and told them like 3 months after quitting.

My mom´s reaction surprised me completely. She wasn´t sad, dissapointed, angry or anything. She really supported me and understood my decision. On the other hand, my dad, he´s still pissed. Even nowadays. Years after I quit. Everytime he has a chance, he tells me how stupid I was not to finish school. I get it. I don´t have a ´traditional´job from 8 to 5. I do things differently. I do them my way. I live with my girlfriend right now, I am capable of paying my own bills, rent, food and everything. I am self- sufficient and behave as an adult.

I never regreted my decision about school. I know there is no way of coming back and I´m fine with that. I´m happy. The only thing I sometimes regret is not quitting sooner.

Kate

By the way... if you wanna know more about my part time job, one of them was working in a little cafe and I wrote a whole post about it.

1:56:00 PM

Hi,

it´s been quite a long time since I wrote a proper post. So, I guess this means I'm back. Or maybe not. I don´t know. I just felt like writing, so I opened up this blank page and started to write down this.... So we´ll see how this will turn out...

Let me start again...

Hi,
it´s nice to be back. Writing a new post, sum up last year and write some bits and pieces about my life. Last year was hell of a year! I mean WTF? The year was full of ups and downs and full of fuckups and amazing things, literally all mixed up! I started the year single and ended it living with my girlfriend. Never thought this could happen. Yet, it did happen. Crazy, I know. Me, a person who can perfectly work on their own fell in love and couldn't do a thing about it. And somehow it ended it up well. So, this was how the first two months of 2020 was like. I was living in a new appartment with my girlfriend, everything seemed to be just about right, finally, and then, two weeks ago... corona virus came and infected first few people in our country. It all started slowly... My girlfriend Annie and I, we were staying at home, because she had a spring holiday and I took a week off to be with her. We had big plans about going somewhere abroad, but then we changed our mind and stayed home and wanted to travel just in our neighborhood, we also planned going out to restaurants, have brunches and just chill together. Well, we did go out, have brunch and stuff, but on Wednesday, all schools in our country were closed, ok, more time to be together, but during the next days things started to escalated quickly - fist concerts and theathres were closed, then restaurant and cafes after 8 p.m. and during the weekend almost everything got closed (all bars, restaurants, cafes, shops apart from grocery shops, pharmacy, drugstores and flower shops). So, here we are, starting the second week of quarantine together and still feeling positive and happy about living together with my girl and spending literally 24 hours a day together. And because there are plenty of things you can do during quarantine, I also decided to write more and apart from writing about our trips from last year, I will start a quarantine diary and share it with you guys. So get ready, because YES, I 'M BACK!

Kate

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