30/08/2021
From Achilles heel to greatest strength:
All throughout school English was the one subject I could never really seem to understand. No matter how I looked at it I was unable to construct an essay, my brain would go round and round in circles. Fast forward 7 years later I started the diploma of nursing. Even though there where written components, they where mostly question and answer. After finishing in 2019 and successfully gaining entry into university I was faced with my biggest weakness and worst fear...... ESSAYS! Within the first semester I was expected to do no less than 5 essays. the first thought that went through my head was...... forget it your going to burn and crash, you have no idea what you are doing, on the other had I said to myself if i'm able to do this and succeed I will have ridden myself of the biggest weakness within myself. So for the next 3 months I spent most of my time into writing and reviewing and reviewing these essays which would be more than 1 at a time. I would spend 8-9 hours some days staring at the computer. Every 2 hours I would stand up go into the toilet throw up, lye down on the bed for 20 minutes, get back up and keep going until I was done. I got to a point somewhere in the 3rd essay when the headaches, nausea and fire I felt all round me just vanished and everything was clear. I understood what I was going to write, how I was going to write it and what resources I needed to reference. My first thought was.... did i fall asleep?.... no?..... ok. I went on to finish the rest of the essays for that semester and the rest of the degree with each being easier than the last. I understand now were individuals create quotes and messages from., personal experiences! What I gained out of the experience and something I live by now everyday is not to be afraid of your weaknesses but to find the weakest points of yourself and to go all in on making it one of the best things about you. Because once you are able to eliminate your weakest point, everything else is nothing.
Do you know your weakest point? if so what are you going to do about it? lets talk :)
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