{"id":20323,"date":"2022-02-07T23:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?p=20323"},"modified":"2022-02-07T23:46:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T18:16:02","slug":"the-girl-who-went-with-the-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/the-girl-who-went-with-the-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"The girl who went with the flow.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211108_160714-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20324\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211108_160714-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20324\" class=\"wp-image-20324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211108_160714-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211108_160714-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211108_160714-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211108_160714-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211108_160714-2048x922.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211108_160714-600x270.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">In Warsaw <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, it all began when I, like most people in their 20s, felt lost after college, not knowing what to do next. For a long time, I worshipped Science and thought it had all the answers to life. And life happened, when I realized that it\u2019s all a maybe and that there are no absolutes. After college, being unsure about pursuing a doctorate degree in Earth Science, I turned to my next best option- learning a new language. My elder brother told me that learning a language would not only help me find jobs in my city, in Bangalore, but also be refreshing to try something new and keep me sharp. \u00a0So, I chose German following my intuition and it was literally the best thing ever, because, only after my classes and exams at Goethe Institute &#8211; Bangalore, did I realize, that I had a knack for learning languages. It made me really confident about my abilities and also it was here that I found the FSL-India Volunteering year poster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/269951502_248104840760884_2091115594493421780_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20325\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20325\" class=\"wp-image-20325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/269951502_248104840760884_2091115594493421780_n.jpg 320w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/269951502_248104840760884_2091115594493421780_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/269951502_248104840760884_2091115594493421780_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/269951502_248104840760884_2091115594493421780_n-270x270.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Christmas celebration with my host family <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I looked at it and thought, why not? Next to Science, cycling and learning a language, volunteering was something I\u2019ve enjoyed in the past. And I thought, nothing could go wrong with this and if not now, then when? I applied, got selected and I was here in Berlin, in September 2021, a year after getting selected (thanks to COVID). And now I feel that it was so worth the wait. And no, I\u2019m not exaggerating at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073010-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20328\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20328\" class=\"wp-image-20328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073010-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073010-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073010-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073010-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073010-203x270.jpg 203w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073010-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211204_130501-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20332\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20332\" class=\"wp-image-20332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211204_130501-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211204_130501-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211204_130501-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211204_130501-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211204_130501-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211204_130501-1-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211201_190006-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20334\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211201_190006-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20334\" class=\"wp-image-20334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211201_190006-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211201_190006-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211201_190006-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211201_190006-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211201_190006-203x270.jpg 203w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211201_190006-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Advents Calendar for Christmas made by my host mom! <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0030-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20341\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0030-2.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20341\" class=\"wp-image-20341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0030-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0030-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0030-2-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0030-2-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">My roommate Karin from Ecuador<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been highs and lows and although the journey wasn\u2019t all that rosy until now, I can say that I\u2019ve only gained experiences that has made me a wholesome person. I\u2019ve been lucky and unlucky just like every other experience in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211111-WA0016-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20336\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20336\" class=\"wp-image-20336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211111-WA0016-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211111-WA0016-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211111-WA0016-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211111-WA0016-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211111-WA0016-152x270.jpg 152w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211111-WA0016.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211016_103038-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20338\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211016_103038-3-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20338\" class=\"wp-image-20338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211016_103038-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211016_103038-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211016_103038-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211016_103038-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211016_103038-3-203x270.jpg 203w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211016_103038-3-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211106_152346-1-1024x462.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20339\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20339\" class=\"wp-image-20339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211106_152346-1-1024x462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211106_152346-1-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211106_152346-1-768x347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211106_152346-1-1536x693.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211106_152346-1-2048x924.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211106_152346-1-598x270.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Travelled tp Prague and Warsaw with my sweet Indian friends who love annoying me like I&#8217;m their little sister!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For starters, I\u2019m lucky for having to get to live with a host family in Berlin. I live with another volunteer from Ecuador, with a host mom and her son. My host mom is an Ethiopian who married a German and she\u2019s an empowering woman who pushes me to do my best every day. She challenges my beliefs and tries really hard to give me the best experience in Germany. We celebrated Christmas twice (Ethiopian and German) way and it was so much fun baking and learning about different traditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-12-at-10.30.04-AM-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20342\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-12-at-10.30.04-AM-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20342\" class=\"wp-image-20342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-12-at-10.30.04-AM-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, 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class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073027-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20343\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20343\" class=\"wp-image-20343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073027-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073027-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073027-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073027-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073027-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211021_073027-2-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211118-WA0007.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20345\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20345\" class=\"wp-image-20345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211118-WA0007.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211118-WA0007-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211118-WA0007-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">At the Humboldt Museum, Berlin <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211204-WA0007-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20347\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20347\" class=\"wp-image-20347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211204-WA0007-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211204-WA0007-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211204-WA0007-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211204-WA0007-1-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0101-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20348\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0101-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20348\" class=\"wp-image-20348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0101-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0101-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0101-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0101-1-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0101-1-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20210913-WA0101-1.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Like Olaf (from frozen) I melt when I have my moments in nature! <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been highs and lows, but in the end, it has only made me a better person really. Like Rumi says- \u201cRun from what&#8217;s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I&#8217;ll be mad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So yeah, seeking discomfort will always give you rich experiences and I\u2019ve come to accept that it\u2019s okay to feel lost and change paths when you don\u2019t enjoy it anymore. Because, there is no job description to being human and it\u2019s okay to embrace whatever we\u2019re feeling right now. And no matter what, the universe always has your back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-by Shailajha (Outbound Volunteer)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, it all began when I, like most people in their 20s, felt lost after college, not knowing what to do next. For a long time, I worshipped Science and thought it had all the answers to life. And life happened, when I realized that it\u2019s all a maybe and that there are no absolutes. After college, being unsure about pursuing a doctorate degree in Earth Science, I turned to my next best option- learning a new language. 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