Ola ✨
Ola ✨
Jul 25, 2017 · 2 min read

“Age is but a number”


We’ve all constantly heard this phrase, but I don’t think I personally have ever really given it much thought. Not until this situation: where I’m turning 19 and just graduating and moving on to college. I’m 19 and not even enrolled nor accepted into an university. I’ve been beating myself up over it for the past two years; not finishing on time and not getting out of high school. While I realize that I was being way too hard on myself and that just made things hell, that doesn’t change the fact that I’m still “too old” to be going into uni. So then I had to sit and think about this “too old” and I’m realizing as long as you’re going in the right direction for your life you’re never really too old or too late. As long as you’re doing the right thing for you it’s better to be slower in the right direction than speeding through the wrong one for your life.

Just like everything else in life, that’s a lot easier to say than it is to fully accept and implement. Deep in my mind and at the end of every spiral or the day after I know that’s what it comes down to. Whole other story when you’re in the middle of that downward spiral or just on an off day (in my case those usually last days).

Basically, you can’t put a number restriction on education. You learn what you want, when you want. Age has nothing to do with that. Regardless of what others may say…tbh half these others aren’t even educated nor bothered to get past high school. In my case, even those who went on to uni either never finished because of marriage or graduated, but have yet to use their degree nor plan to ever. Always the ones who’ve done least and are least satisfied with themselves who tend to talk the loudest, it’s all projection boo. Don’t let it get to you too much.

Ola ✨

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Ola ✨

"When nothing is certain, anything is possible." Just me ranting and raving..like my online diary I guess 🤷🏾‍♀️

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