And again, another unexpected event occurred today. I just received an email from the university I have been admitted to that I have to defer my PhD studies to another semester since I am not able to arrive in the UK this January due to a travel document requirement. Of course, this does not sound as bad for some. However, to me, this is not an easy situation and it has affected my feelings tremendously. Now, it has left me thinking how I will deal with my very own feelings when I have to rethink my own plans all over again.
The first thing I always do is to look back at what had happened before the unexpected event. Second, I always ask myself it there was anything else I could have done better to prevent it. If the answer is yes, I would definitely feel even worse. Fortunately, the answer is rarely ‘yes’. Thus, if I have already done my best, there is nothing I should worry about. Rather, I should accept what happened as well as the fact that life will not always go as planned and I am certainly not the center of the world.
It is as simple as that.
1/3/2018 11.28 pm
