When I left college I spent a lot of my time lamenting missed opportunities.  Suddenly it seems time to take stock of what you've achieved and how you're going to put that to good used for your future career.  I realised how much time I'd invested in training for a ballet career at the expense of all else.  It seemed that if I distracted myself by giving in to other interests then my passion for dance wasn't enough. 

At school there was a sense that if you hadn't achieved something by graduation then it was too late.  I found my self regretting giving up piano.  Not achieving my full potential in mathematics.  Not spending more time painting.  Eventually I realised that it doesn't have to end there.  Why should our mental and spirital growth end with graduation.  Some of us just aren't ready to achieve everything we could by then.  Taking up the piano seemed unrealistic at the time so instead I went out and bought a guitar.  Learning a new skill in my own time feels wonderful.  All regrets dissipate because doing something positive about it makes you realise that it's never too late.

So if you're harbouring dreams of being an artist but you didn't realise how much it meant to you until it felt to late go and buy yourself a paint set anyway.  Perhaps you're not going to become the next Picasso but if it's truly the act of painting you enjoy then it's not going to matter.  Maybe you've always dreamt of writing about fashion.  Well then why not join My It Things and start doing it today?  Maybe you feel like you never fufilled your potential in an academic subject.  Perhaps you were good at it and then a bad relationship/ difficult period at home/ teenage rebellion fever kicked in and you lost your focus for a while.  Why not just buy a study book where you left off and see if you still have the interest in it to study it on your own.  If the opportunity for taking a course in it ever presents itself at least you know you will be ready.

Understandably time can be an issue when you're not in school and trying to study some thing on your own.  Don't set your goals to high and enjoy the process of learning more than striving for some big time success.  Usually there's the flush of excitement at the beginning followed by a period where you'll probably get distracted and not bother with it for a while.  This is the point at which it will either be worthwhile or a waste.  Try to take it up again, even if it's just a little at a time.  Step by step try to introduce whatever it is you're doing to improve your skills in to your routine.  Don't pressure yourself though, it's not school and there are no deadlines.  The only point is to enhance your life and allow you to feel that you made the most of your potential and have no regrets.  So look up those piano lessons.  Buy that dress-making book.  Experiment with cookery.  What ever it is you would have like to have done give it a try.  Most of all enjoy it!

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