Follow your heart, not expectations…

Since I dropped out of university, so much has changed.

I’m using this year to figure out what I want to do, and to get a head start over my peers in the career world. I decided to pursue my passion in social media, currently working as a part-time social media marketer and content creator for a skincare and nutrition company. This job is going even better than I could have dreamed, and, two months in, I have learnt long-lasting and crucial skills for my future in the world of digital marketing.

On top of that, I have recently signed up to (finally) a Personal Training course. This one is all online, which is great as I can fit it in around work. Also, with the aid of my new knowledge and skills in social media marketing, I will be able to create an online business and social accounts after I qualify. This would be so cool.

This two are things that I have dreamed of doing for years. The former being a new dream, but something that has always been in the back of my head from watching Zoella on YouTube as a pre-teen. The latter being a dream ever since I delved into the fitness world at age 12.

I went to uni do study languages, as this was the subject I was best at during my time at school, and also something I was really interested in. However, I knew that my career prospects in this field would be both too narrow and too broad, and just two months into my course in 2021, I knew it wasn’t for me.

Uni isn’t for everyone, and I believe I thought I had to go due to the social expectations and pressure around me at the time. As a kid, I watched TV shows based on high-schoolers, seeing how they graduated school and went on to uni. I romanticised the idea of university after downloading Pinterest: living in “dorms”, going to all the socials, studying in the library. When I got there, none of those things interested me.

I was stuck, to put it simply. I believed it was my destiny to go to uni. Now, I understand it wasn’t. This time next year, I might return for my final year, but who knows! I’m not planning my life in advance anymore; I’m letting things come to me. I’m done chasing yet also waiting for the next best thing to come. I’m doing things for me and only me now, to make sure I flourish into an even better human being and see how far I can go.

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What is the point of this post?

Generally, it’s to show you that you don’t have to (and shouldn’t) follow the crowd. Do things for you. And this relates to everybody at any age at any point in their lives. We all need a break from life and shake it up a bit. Try new things, start new side hustles. Break away from the mould.

This is your sign to start that new project, the one you’ve been thinking about for weeks. Give it a try! You never know what might happen when you step out of your comfort zone :)

Signing off,

Pepetoe x