Everything you say sounds awesome to me. The terror and excitement is a hugely good sign. It shows how much you care about this, and just how much you are taking even yourself by surprise on some level. If it’s truly the direction you want to go in and it fills you with joy to think about doing this, then you have it. Go for it. Do everything it takes to persevere with it. When things look like they’re going badly, keep going with it. If it’s really what you want, DO IT. As for giant success or epic f-up, would you rather look back on your deathbed having tried everything you could possibly think of to achieve your dream and failed (but naturally learned LOADS in the process), or having wimped out thinking “oh what if it all goes wrong”, not knowing whether you would have succeeded or not? Which scenario fills you with more of a sense of disappointment? Also, you might keep failing and then eventually become successful. It’s not either failure or success, failures can actually be encountered on the road to eventual success. If you think of a plane, it is continually adjusting itself (correcting itself) as it gets thrown off course by turbulence, wind and it has to keep adjusting its direction because the planes don’t travel in an exact straight line. Eventually however, with a destination in mind, it reaches the destination, having spent the whole journey adjusting and adapting to whatever was happening in each moment. Be the plane. Notice your fears and act anyway. If you really want to choose this path, then things do have a way of working themselves out eventually. But even if they don’t, you won’t have died trying in the process, and who knows where your journey could take you. You may find something that isn’t being a doctor, but is even better than anything you could’ve possibly imagined in your current situation. Be daring, you only live once!

Hey jaspermarie,
You are a person with a lot of potential and I feel that you should go for it! Imagine yourself sitting in an old rocking chair, all miserable and full of regret. Thinking about all the what ifs… Don’t be that guy. I think you should go for it no matter at what age the programme ends.
Good luck!

Hi Jaspermarie,

First of all, don’t worry about being too old. Some people are professional students, you know? I have seen grandmothers take grad programs with their kids!

And wow, you could be a certified yoga teacher, learned physiotherapy and be a doctor!!

All you can do now is apply. If it’s not in the cards for next year/s, finish the yoga/begin the therapy course.

If you are accepted, then BE medical student. Not, “Can I do it” but You ARE it! Let it encompass your whole being. No relationships. No hobbies. Your Life IS this program!! Hire a valet or someone to do your shopping and housework.

DO IT!!

Inky 🙂

I went back to junior college when i was 30, completed 2 associate degree in 3 years, then went on to a get my BS degree when I was 36. Once you get started, you just keep rolling. Oh, and I did this while working a full time job. (classes form about 830 am until 1pm then worked second shift in a factory)

Yes you can do it- and believe me it is easier than high school- you are more mature focused and disciplined than most of the “traditional” students that may be in your class- I really enjoyed going to my classes because it was what I wanted to do- had a burning passion for it

I think you are definitely on the right path. For me personally, one of the things which I always aks myself when I venture into something is what is the underlying purpose of that action. For example:

I am looking to running my own business. The questions I would ask is Why? What am i hoping to achieve out of this? What is the end game?

Because more or less I’ve realised that whenever we perform an action, it is always driving by some form of higher purpose. Perhaps something I am hoping to achieve or get out of this venture and that really drives our actions. I know a guy who from a very young age wanted to help people who are suffering. That was what he decided as a kid he wanted to do for the rest of his life. So he said, “I shall then be a doctor. I can help others and help them ease their suffering.” . By the time he finished high school, though he did really well, he did not secure enough points to get into the public university to study medicine. So he said “OK, fine. I will then focus on my fathers business and the money I earn out of this, I will use to help others ease their suffering, by maybe running some free clinics and such.” So his underlying purpose did not change but the method he used to achieve it changed. After some time, he then met a monk and inspired by the monks teachings to help people understand their own purpose and inspire them, he decided to pursuse a monastic life and has now become a successful monk and he says the same thing. “I am still focused on helping people alleviate their suffering except that I am doing it by being a monk”

I found it amazing that despite having various goals and such, his ultimately underlying purpose never changed and thats what drives him everyday to live life to the fullest.

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