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Studies Come To A Halt

So I have decided to give up my plan to go to university. Before you all scream not to quit, let me explain.
Quick re-cap. I had planned to go to university next year to study Events Management, gain experience and open my own business. I started an Access course in November last year and was doing so well. Yes it was difficult but I wasn't expecting it to be plain sailing.
I took 3 months study break when I had May-May and then started back. And the stress began.

My mind went blank with every assignment, I struggled to understand information and I would stress myself out so much. This continued for 2 months and I thought how on earth will I carry on?

I sat down with OJ and he said to me “Mics, why are you still going to university?” I told him I needed to go to open my business and gain more experience. “No you don't. Your business is up and running, you are gaining experience by booking small events. You're only doing this access course to get you into uni, otherwise you had no interest in it. It's just causing you stress”

I hadn't even thought of it like that! My dream was to open my business and I had done that (with thanks to OJ and my Business Mum Network Group) in August.

I emailed my tutor the next day and told her I'd wished to stop the course. I felt a huge weight just lift off my shoulders. Did I feel like I'd just quit something? No I didn't, I felt like I'd taken a different path.

I'm now studying a small course in Start Your Own Business (from the Reed website which has a lot of great courses for very reasonable prices) and I will study an Events Management course in due course.
For now I will continue building my business and becoming the best I can be. Yes I'm glad I started my study path, but sometimes we need to alter our journeys to better suit our lifestyles.

-x- Michaela -x-

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