Grateful via /r/gratitude

This sounds very ironic haha but I’m very grateful for my time being unemployed for almost a year.
It really put things into perspective for me, it gave me the time to really understand myself, validate myself from within and improve my relationships.

For context, I’d say I’m a high performer. I went to one of the best universities, got straight A*s in high school, have interned at some of the top firms in the world. But about a year ago, it felt like my whole world fell apart when I did not get a full time role from my internship. I was in the gutter, that was probably the lowest point in my life. But it just taught me that the journey is the destination. I’ve seen how I’ve grown in the past year and it just makes me very proud of myself. I’ve also taken on new habits like meditating, journaling, reading, going on walks, going to the gym, keeping up with the news,etc. Most importantly it has drawn me closer to my family and friends which looking back I took for granted.

All in all, this experience has taught me that I am enough with or without a job which I’ve never thought because I used to unconsciously hinge my confidence and self esteem on my achievements. I think that’s the worst thing that we can do to ourselves because we’ll just be in a never ending race to happiness and satisfaction. However being in the moment and taking every day as it comes has been the best thing for me.

If you’re going through anything, I promise you that you will laugh back at it. It’s cliche but tough times never last, they mould us into becoming better people. Hope you have a great day, a great week, and a great rest of the year! I’m very grateful for this platform to share, we’ve got this! P.S, watch inside out it’s such a deep movie about joy and sadness, definitely not just a kids movie haha.