It’s not the end—It’s only the beginning
The following post was written by Bridge Year Fellow Farah Heikal. Farah spent her Bridge Year in Lebanon.
I am not afraid nor ashamed to admit that before I began my Bridge Year, I was lost with no sense of direction. Sure, I was doing just fine in my academics, checking every box on the list of ways to be successful in college. From a superficial perspective, I seemed to be great as a second-year UNC student that had mastered the balance of work, life, and school. However, innately I was in a constant state of confusion. Confused with what direction I was really planning on taking in life, unsure about the “5-year plan” I had meticulously crafted years before, and certainly in doubt about the level of motivation I had left in me.
Drowning in class assignments and work obligations, I had never had the time to truly reflect on anything […]