"I screwed up my life"

You probably thought that once in your life? Or maybe you're thinking about it right now?

You should know, it's nothing to be ashamed of, because almost everyone thinks it at least once in their life.

I was one of those persons, and maybe in the future I might think it again, but this time I will know how to deal with the thought of "failure".

Failure is a feeling that sits on our chest and starts weighting on our mind.

 We have all tried something to achieve and failed. We have all lost something ( a person, a project, a dream, a job...) and once it slips from our hands and we can't get it back, we sometimes have this instinctive reaction to blame ourselves and to feel that we lost years of our lives, that's it's too late to achieve a dream.

This feeling is on occasions nurtured by remarks from others such as: "stop dreaming; get a "real" job"; it's out of your league; it's too late; you're at this stage or your life and you haven't done this?..."

The comments are numerous but I guess you understand what I mean.
At some point in my life, I blamed myself for every single thing I had not achieved, even though it was due to events that I could not control, I still thought it was my own fault for not doing enough.

Be yourself

Be yourself, this is something I keep repeating myself. It is your primary strength and the main key to your happiness.

Based on the recent events I experienced, I thought it was important to share this with you all.

During my break, I came across several revelations that have allowed me to have a brighter vision about life, and about me.

We are all born with the same heart, and each of us has its own journey. Yet our environment can sometimes be quite disappointing and we can be judged without reason.
People, or rather society, has over the years developed all types of labels, judgements, making people change themselves just in order to fit in some of sort of "cool" community.

I have struggled with this comparison for several years, feeling like a complete alien, and most of the time, blamed myself for being different. Even when I tried to fit in, there was always something wrong, I felt like an outcast.

Burnout

 Burnout, one of the worst feelings you can encounter during your life.

As soon as you get the first signs that you're on the edge of a burnout, back away immediately.

What is a burnout exactly?



My description will be based on my personal experience.