My Story!!

I remember how excited I was when I embarked upon the journey to Hannover. A finality of my dream come true, after a lot of struggle and wait.
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However, when I reached Hannover, not everything appeared as easy-going as one would expect. Everything was topsy-turvy, everything seemed different and new, the language, the culture and not to mention, the FOOD!.
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I remember how I had entered my dormitory, excited yes, but with a strange feeling, as I had stocked my luggage aside and sat on the bed. Looking around the room, the window on the wall showing the outside yet to get used to my sight, and a feeling of panic had overcome me. I was scared at the enormity of what is yet to come and what I have done. Many things started coming out of the haze, the responsibilities I would have to shoulder. I would have to do everything myself, cooking, washing, studying, bringing food and utilities from market, you name it… Six months had gone like this, with me trying to settle down, learning the language more and more to better accommodate and focusing on my studies. .
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But during all this tenure of worrying and struggle, I started to discover so many things about myself which I would not have otherwise.  What do I really want in life? It became clear to me, I want to be independent, taking onto my challenges by myself, being proactive and yes, most importantly, to become a Traveler. I even told my father that I wanted to support myself from now on. The most wonderful thing was how he supported me and encouraged me that I am very strong and that I can do anything if I put my head to it!
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I took on a side job in a company which would send me to various places for work, like restaurants, daycares, elderly cares, packing companies and the like. It was tedious and tiring, I would have to wake up at three in the morning, prepare breakfast, pack lunch along, and go for work in the cold heavy snowy winters. The days were very hard for me but they evolved who I had been once. I am a lot different person now. My perspectives have changed a lot now.

Now I am aware of how people doing shifts in the restaurants feel, how old people survive in the elderly care, the effort people do behind odd jobs at tough times to support their families, how people appear to be rude and curt but not because they have a bad heart but because their busy routine and work strain them. Times I have been at a panic stop as well when I would be very tired with my feet throbbing with pain and the scores of study material I would have to go through! Sometime, a strong feeling of homesickness would swell up, sometimes I would overwork… but the key to coming through all this was my will to stay positive and not focus on negative sides of the thing. I learnt I should be more grateful for my blessings than what I had yet to achieve and that taught me to be patient and always put on a smile on my face. I met the best people, learnt so many diverse cultures, which added to the colorful part!

Why am I putting it all out in front of you? So that it may help you realize, you're not alone in struggling, everyone out there has to struggle, and that you can earn independence if you are proactive enough. You can achieve your dreams. The most important spell you have to hold onto is Patience! Trust your life, yourself, God and your struggle! Try to feel the pain of other people and humanity always!.
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Stay strong and positive, you’re the only core of your strength, derive it from yourself, rather than the world. These are the keywords for success. Success doesn’t pertain to a good career and job, it means the quality of your own character and goodness along with other factors. That is true success!
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Patience is staying in the battle and fight your way through it in order to win. It is going to be hard but it is going to be worth it! Therefore, if you think you’re struggling a lot and going through a hard period, just be patient, talk to your friends and fam, do not be hard on yourself, it is okay to be tested by life now and then, it is totally normal to go through hard times! They only enlighten your personality and experience. If I have figured out the direction of my life with all this, so can you! Keep going!

P.S. Don’t worry about me! I got a better job related to my field. I felt like sharing my experience as the truth behind success is never on the display, not everything is as you perceive it, everything comes with a price and hardship!

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