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#Recognized myself as the protagonist rather than an extra #An objective perspective on myself #It was an important turning point in my life.
The entire consulting process was, for someone who until then hadn''t had the time to think about ''Who am I?'' nor felt the need to, it was a mirror-like time in which I could view ''myself'' from an objective perspectiveIt was.
- Gap Year Consulting
On the way to the consultation, only one thought kept running through my head: ''What on earth is gap year consulting?'' It didn''t feel like someone would plan my travel for the gap year or just offer simple career counseling. Feeling completely puzzled and a little nervous, I arrived at the agreed meeting place.
Before meeting the director, I vaguely imagined he would be strict and blunt, but his warm, older-brother-like(?) first impression allowed the roughly two-hour consultation to proceed in a relaxed atmosphere.. Be honest and open about yourself. This was the director''s very first request to me, who was still feeling awkward.It was not easy. Explaining ''myself'' to someone I was meeting for the first time was by no means simple. Where should I start, what should I say, how should I tell it? But once my thoughts began to pass through my mouth and take concrete shape as ''words'', the story of myself that had been jumbled in my head started to find direction little by little.
Thus, the entire consulting process,''for someone who until then hadn''t had the time to think about ''Who am I?'' nor felt the need to, it was a mirror-like time in which I could view ''myself'' from an objective perspectiveIt was. And that realization could come from having the courage to reveal myself honestly in front of others. I tended to be the kind of person who listened to others rather than asserted my own thoughts.
Because I always had the awareness of ''How will the other person think if I say this? How will they judge me?'', I naturally held back from expressing my opinions or thoughts. However, even without such calculated conversational thinking,the flow of the consultation, which made it possible to open up about myself with great ease, helped me enormously in discovering myself.Until now, the ''me'' I had thought of was ''person 1.'' Without realizing it, I had thought of myself as nothing more than an extra in a play—not the protagonist nor a supporting actor.
I had been moving according to the script written by the reality given to me, and within the context of Korea I simply thought I should do so. Because the value I assigned to myself was no more than that of an extra, the things my heart cried out—what I truly wanted to do—were buried by my surroundings and I couldn''t hear them. Actually, I closed my ears to avoid hearing them in order to conform to reality. But through the consultation,the biggest change in me was the shift in how I viewed ''myself''.It is. My gaze had always been fixed on those around me, and because the standards of my life were aligned with others'' evaluations, I had no time or space to look back and think about myself.
At some point I began to fall silent out of a vague anxiety that ''If I tell people I have these thoughts or opinions, I''ll surely receive a bad evaluation.'' Rather than focusing on what I wanted to do, I had been shaping my life to meet my family''s expectations. But during the consultation I could fully concentrate on what I wanted, and I was able to discover the reasons why my thoughts had been suppressed within me.
''It''s not difficult. These are things you can achieve if you just muster the courage right here and now.''
Perhaps these words were the ones I most wanted to hear and be acknowledged for throughout my life. And I heard them from the mouth of the director I met for the first time. Through Korea Gap Year''s consulting program, I met someone I would dare call a mentor, whom I had longed to meet. In fact, even now after the consultation, others might feel that my situation hasn''t changed much.
My still-uncertain future, the heavy academic workload pressing on my shoulders, and the title of ''job-seeking student'' as graduation approaches all remain the same. But the way I see myself has clearly changed. I can say with confidence that through this gap year consulting I encountered a very important turning point in my life that I will remember forever.
The entire consulting process was, for someone who until then hadn''t had the time to think about ''Who am I?'' nor felt the need to, it was a mirror-like time in which I could view ''myself'' from an objective perspectiveIt was.
- Gap Year Consulting
On the way to the consultation, only one thought kept running through my head: ''What on earth is gap year consulting?'' It didn''t feel like someone would plan my travel for the gap year or just offer simple career counseling. Feeling completely puzzled and a little nervous, I arrived at the agreed meeting place.
Before meeting the director, I vaguely imagined he would be strict and blunt, but his warm, older-brother-like(?) first impression allowed the roughly two-hour consultation to proceed in a relaxed atmosphere.. Be honest and open about yourself. This was the director''s very first request to me, who was still feeling awkward.It was not easy. Explaining ''myself'' to someone I was meeting for the first time was by no means simple. Where should I start, what should I say, how should I tell it? But once my thoughts began to pass through my mouth and take concrete shape as ''words'', the story of myself that had been jumbled in my head started to find direction little by little.
Thus, the entire consulting process,''for someone who until then hadn''t had the time to think about ''Who am I?'' nor felt the need to, it was a mirror-like time in which I could view ''myself'' from an objective perspectiveIt was. And that realization could come from having the courage to reveal myself honestly in front of others. I tended to be the kind of person who listened to others rather than asserted my own thoughts.
Because I always had the awareness of ''How will the other person think if I say this? How will they judge me?'', I naturally held back from expressing my opinions or thoughts. However, even without such calculated conversational thinking,the flow of the consultation, which made it possible to open up about myself with great ease, helped me enormously in discovering myself.Until now, the ''me'' I had thought of was ''person 1.'' Without realizing it, I had thought of myself as nothing more than an extra in a play—not the protagonist nor a supporting actor.
I had been moving according to the script written by the reality given to me, and within the context of Korea I simply thought I should do so. Because the value I assigned to myself was no more than that of an extra, the things my heart cried out—what I truly wanted to do—were buried by my surroundings and I couldn''t hear them. Actually, I closed my ears to avoid hearing them in order to conform to reality. But through the consultation,the biggest change in me was the shift in how I viewed ''myself''.It is. My gaze had always been fixed on those around me, and because the standards of my life were aligned with others'' evaluations, I had no time or space to look back and think about myself.
At some point I began to fall silent out of a vague anxiety that ''If I tell people I have these thoughts or opinions, I''ll surely receive a bad evaluation.'' Rather than focusing on what I wanted to do, I had been shaping my life to meet my family''s expectations. But during the consultation I could fully concentrate on what I wanted, and I was able to discover the reasons why my thoughts had been suppressed within me.
''It''s not difficult. These are things you can achieve if you just muster the courage right here and now.''
Perhaps these words were the ones I most wanted to hear and be acknowledged for throughout my life. And I heard them from the mouth of the director I met for the first time. Through Korea Gap Year''s consulting program, I met someone I would dare call a mentor, whom I had longed to meet. In fact, even now after the consultation, others might feel that my situation hasn''t changed much.
My still-uncertain future, the heavy academic workload pressing on my shoulders, and the title of ''job-seeking student'' as graduation approaches all remain the same. But the way I see myself has clearly changed. I can say with confidence that through this gap year consulting I encountered a very important turning point in my life that I will remember forever.
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