Overcoming an Indecisive life/How I built my confidence
I have always been an indecisive person throughout the majority of my life and have never known what career path I would like to pursue. I believe this has always been down to my low self-esteem and confidence. I believe confidence is about feeling sure of yourself and your own abilities. Once you have this you can achieve any goal that you set out. When I was growing up as a child, I wanted to become a pilot, when I reached GCSE’s, I wanted to go into recruitment and when I completed my A levels, I wanted to study sports science, psychology, or physiotherapy. I was clueless about what path I wanted to go down and this was all down to my lack of confidence. After completing A levels, I initially wanted to become a physiotherapist and so I decided to take a sports science course at Sheffield Hallam University. This transition from school to university was a huge step and I was extremely nervous about going. Despite having a great time socially and meeting hundreds of people, I did not enjoy the course. This was a huge setback for me as I again felt lost in what I wanted to do which made me feel anxious, confused, and upset.
My travelling Experience
I decided to drop out of university and take a gap year to go travelling in South-East Asia. This allowed me to take time out and self-reflect on my life. I was apprehensive and worried about going at first as I knew I would be on the other side of the world for 3 months. However, to this day this was the best decision that I had ever made. The freedom of travelling was an eye-opening experience that allowed me to see a completely different culture and way of living. Everyone was so happy and lived carefree lives, despite not having the same wealth and quality of life that we have in the UK. Throwing myself in the deep end dramatically improved my self-esteem and confidence. I forced myself to live independently and participate in as many activities as possible to meet new people every day and I believe this has given me lifelong social confidence. This better prepared me for my move to Manchester, where I now study Psychology and love it. I believe once you achieve this you can achieve any goal you set out in your life.
The importance of confidence
I truly think confidence is one of the most important traits for a person to have. It will improve your inner happiness and your social relationships and self-development. Most importantly travelling gave me a different perspective on life, it made me realise that we sure do take things for granted and that I was lucky to even have all these decisions and choices in my life. Life is not always about making the correct decision you should appreciate the fact you have an option and each decision you make whether positive or negative will better prepare you for the future.
