It's the second month of the year and the month of love! As we firmly progress into the new year, I hope you all have stopped writing 2022!
Season 4 has officially begun as well as my second year in college! Which is absolutely crazy to think about, I just saw my new timetable and it's still sinking in that I am in a new level of tertiary. I am so immensely grateful for this opportunity 🙏🏼!
Looking back at the year that was, I would without a doubt call it, eventful. There were so many lessons that I have learnt, so as a final nod, a final curtain call to 2022, I am going to share a few lessons that I have learnt from my very eventful year.
1) Journaling
I have always loved writing which is of the reasons why I created this blog but writing on a personal level has been of great help to me. I was just going through what I was writing at this time last year and it's crazy to see how different my entries are and where my headspace was at that time. I look back and I realize that I was at my most effective, grateful and in touch with reality when I journalled almost daily. I got off track later throughout the year and I didn't realize what was wrong until I started journaling again. So my advice to you is to journal daily, self-reflection is important but equally as important as being able to have a space where you can be honest with yourself and not be judged for your feelings and your emotions.
2) Your education and knowledge can never be taken away from you
I have heard this before, time and time again but I have never understood it until recently. To me, it's means that the knowledge, experience and confidence that I gain from my education is something that no one can take away from me. It's forever apart of me and that's what makes education so powerful. It not only allows you to get out of poverty but it changes your mindset. When you know better, you do better and education helps you to know better. If you allow it to, it can truly make you a better person, which is why it's so important to study what you love and have an interest in.
3) Passion is build, it's not instant
As I have mentioned, I am a second year college student, studying Marketing and I truly love what I do. I am excited to be able to help promote quality products and brands, as well as environmental consciousness. I am excited to be apart of creating memorable and wholesome adverts like the ones that I grew up watching and still remember 'till today. It wasn't always this way though. I remember not knowing what course to take when applying for college, both of my parents wanted me to study farming but my heart said no. I had also given a lifelong dream of becoming a veterinarian and I felt lost. I chose Marketing because it seemed interesting, I had no passion for it but I was open-minded, with the understanding that passion can grow, just like love ❤. There are still days when I have to remind myself that this is my chosen path, that I tried my absolute hardest to finish school traditionally but it was out of my control. I still wake up and chose to be a caring marketer, sometimes passion is choice. I choose to be committed, to give it time and see it takes me. So please, study what you like and what interests you and remain focused, sometimes detours have the best views, instead of traditional pathways. I feel like it makes me a more well-rounded person. ❤ I learnt this from Dr Sarang Choi, find an adjective to describe your career of choice, it gives your job more depth and purpose.
4) Pray
My advice, my lessons are incomplete without mentioning my faith. It is my rock in difficulties and what keeps me going when I feel like calling it quits. I prayed so much last year because I understand how humanly weak I am. Being out of the traditional education system for 3 years left me feeling afraid of the unknown. I felt stupid and not enough. But I took all my fears to Jesus, I told Him all my sorrows, my pain, the unfairness that I had experienced and the weaknesses that I felt. I asked Him to bless the work of my hands and be with me, throughout this entire journey. I prayed as if, if God did not come through, then nothing else could be done for me. I asked for beauty for my ashes and I played my part by giving it my all each and every day, no matter how I felt. God honored me and restored me by granting me a miracle. I got the highest grades within my level and my department! I was just begging God for 60% but He gave me so much more! So take it to the King, even though you don't have much to bring, you heart may be torn in pieces but it's still an offering! ( I was messing around with lyrics from Tamela Mann's Take me to the King, it's a wonderful song and I highly advice you to give it a listen 🎶 ❤)
5) Let go of who you were, in order to build who you are becoming
This is the scariest advice that I have given because it was the scariest thing that I have ever done, so far! I was obsessed with the girl that I was in primary school. That Ruthy was confident, intelligent and a go-getter but I felt like I had lost her. I worked so hard trying to revive her but it never worked and now I understand why. I am 20-years-old and I can never go back to being 14. I am different as much as I am the same person, I have changed over time. By holding onto a different version of myself from six years ago, I am hindering the woman that I am capable of becoming. The moment I released my 14 year old self and became open to exploring 19 year old Ruthy, things shifted in my life. I allowed God to mold me and I stopped grieving for what I lost and looked at the opportunity that I have been given. So please, do not compare yourself to a past version. It's okay to change. Don't limit God by pointing out your victories and asking for a repeat. Allow God to move you higher by giving Him room to raise you up, so you can stand on mountains.
That's a wrap on 2022👏! I hope and pray that 2023 will be good to us all!
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I love you all so dearly 💛 💓! Thank you for being here, please feel free to share your own advice in comment 😊 section below!
All my love
Ruth
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