How A Fisherman Saved My Degree

Well not exactly.

I didn’t know a better first post to start off this blog than the most formative moment of my life.

It was a sunny day and I couldn’t be more stressed. I was cooped up in my university’s basement library and struggling with my final year dissertation.

Tired and anxious from all the all-nighters and energy drinks I had been consuming – safe to say i wasn’t in the best mind-frame. I started to think that it’d be easier to just fail and re-do the entire year completely.

In between tweeting about my mental breakdown and messaging a friend to come over to campus so she could help me borrow some books (my library card was blocked) I randomly remembered a GIF on Tumblr of a Japanese man with the caption ‘Never Give Up!’. I don’t know why this image suddenly crossed my mind but I immediately went to find the video.

Surely enough, from watching the video he was yelling.

In his own words he was in -20 degrees water fishing for clams. His message? ‘You’ve come this far! Think of all the people who have cheered for you, you just need to carry on a little further’ ‘If I can stand here in this freezing water then you can do it!’ followed by that infamous ‘Never Give Up!’ motto I saw.

I didn’t expect it to, but it hit me in waves. I was really low and saw no way out and as silly as it may seem the video gave me hope and let me believe I could do it and that all I needed to do was push a little more.

I managed to complete my dissertation and graduated with honours but it’s the message of this video that will stay with me forever.

Even today, I try not to worry about the past or the future but to just do my best at this moment and still have the card to this day.

I also always tell this story to anyone who will listen, life becomes a lot less stressful once you realise that all you can expect from yourself is your best.

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