Episode 101

What Uni Taught Me About Life, Friends and Confidence

Uni is a rollercoaster. Some days you feel unstoppable, other days you wonder who accidentally put you in charge of your own life. And honestly, both are completely normal.

This week on our Student Showcase, Brooke sits down with Jadyn Paige, a fourth year psychology student at Ohio State who has crafted a university experience full of learning, leadership and growth. Jadyn is studying Psychology while minoring in Human Development and Family Science, Neuroscience and Philosophy. She is also a Morrill Distinction Scholar, the VP of Service for Mortar Board National Senior Honorary, a Resident Advisor and a Research Assistant at the Wexner Medical Center. In other words, she is doing the absolute most, but in a way that feels aligned, intentional and inspiring.

What makes her story special is how honest she is about the messy parts.

She talks about coming in undecided, battling imposter syndrome, learning to fail for the first time and figuring out who belonged in her circle. She opens up about people pleasing, finding her voice through advocacy and discovering who she is becoming as she moves toward graduate school.

In this episode, you will learn:

• What imposter syndrome actually feels like when you first arrive at uni

• Why coming in undecided can be a smart move

• How to handle your first real failures (and not fall apart)

• Why choosing the right friends is a life skill

• What people pleasing costs you and how to unlearn it

• How advocacy helped Jadyn find her strength and confidence

• Why your causes help you find your identity

• What resources students forget to use

• Why taking a break after graduation is more than acceptable

• The three pieces of advice she wants every student to hear

This episode feels like grabbing coffee with a friend who just gets it. Jadyn’s honesty will make you feel less alone, more understood and more confident in your own journey.

Connect with Jadyn:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jadynpaige

Instagram: @jadynpaige_

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Hello, hello everyone.

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So the guest that we have today is very

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special for two reasons.

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Number one, she's very smart

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and she's very accomplished.

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And number two, it's so hard for me to

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look at her and not see her when she was

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a little girl because

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they're kind of like family.

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So we have the beautiful, beautiful,

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wonderful, Jayden Page who as you can

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already tell, I dearly love and I'm so

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excited to have her.

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I am so excited to be here Brooke.

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I honestly like when you texted me and

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was like, "Hey, do you think this is

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something you might wanna do?"

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Absolutely and a heartbeat, I can't wait.

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And I'm so happy to see you.

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I'm so happy too.

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So for those that don't

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know, what are you studying?

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Cause it's such a fascinating field.

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Yeah, so I study a few

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different things, right?

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Right now I'm a graduating

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senior at Ohio State in Columbus

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and I study psychology.

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I'm getting my bachelor's of science in

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psychology, but I specialize in human

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development and family sciences as well

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as minoring in

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neuroscience and philosophy.

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So I've got my like feelers and reachers

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out in a lot of

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different spaces on this campus.

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Why philosophy?

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I feel like in the field of psychology,

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you need to be able to communicate with

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others and you know that

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everybody's brain is different.

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Everybody has different values and

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different morals and things like that.

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So being able to talk to people on a more

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foundational level on a more

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philosophical level is really helpful

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whenever you're trying to have hard,

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intimate emotional

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conversations with people.

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I know the plan is grad school.

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So you're gonna be shifting from one

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academic venture to the

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next academic venture.

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Yes, that is the plan.

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I'm going to get my doctorate degree in

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clinical psychology,

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which I'm so excited about.

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In the future, I hope to have my own

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private practice, so clinical practice

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where I can provide therapy for others,

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but I would also love to teach.

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I love academia.

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I am a lifelong learner for sure.

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So I feel like being somewhere like still

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involved with school and colleges, I

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think that's kind of

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my calling a little bit.

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I would love to do that.

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I have so much admiration for people that

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go into the social services field because

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you make such a big difference.

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Why did you choose the

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major that you chose?

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And is it always what you

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envisioned yourself doing?

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Girl, no.

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I want to be- She goes

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to be- Absolutely not.

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When is that anybody's answer?

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I really wanted to be a hairdresser as a

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bitty, bitty, baby child.

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I like that.

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Obviously not what I'm doing right now.

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Your hair is a vibe, so of course.

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Thank you.

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I do appreciate that.

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But yeah, no, I came into college

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undecided, believe it or not.

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A little background, so like grew up in

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kind of a smaller area, was really high

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achieving, and was doing all the things.

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I was involved in all

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the things, which is great.

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And with that came many

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opportunities and options for myself.

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And so when I got to college, I came in

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undecided because I wasn't quite sure and

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didn't really want to commit to one root.

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And that made me feel

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absolutely terrified.

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And I had the biggest imposter syndrome

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in the world because I would show up and

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I would introduce myself and

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I'd be like, "Hi, I'm Jaden.

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I'm an undecided major."

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And people would be like, "Hi, my name is

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Sarah, and I major in being an astronaut.

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And hi, my name is Becky,

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and I major in curing cancer."

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And I'm like, "Oh my

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gosh, I don't belong here.

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I don't belong here."

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But it was one of the best decisions I've

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ever made in my entire

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life because I got to actually

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learn a little bit about the field that I

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wanted to go into instead of just jumping

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into it because I felt like I needed to.

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kind of found psychology.

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I knew that mental health was something I

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was really passionate about, and

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something that I love to explore and

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listen to others about the things that

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they're going through emotionally.

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I just didn't know the exact root,

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stumbled upon psychology, and I've been

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rocking with it ever since.

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I think that's amazing.

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I want to pinpoint something you said,

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and that's the imposter syndrome.

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Yeah.

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How are you still

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working to overcome that?

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Because that is a lifelong thing.

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We never reach the top of the mountain

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and get over imposter syndrome.

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Oh no, absolutely not.

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I want to say, especially as women, I

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feel like imposter syndrome can run

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rampant, especially when you are driven

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and high achieving women like you and I.

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Do I still have imposter syndrome?

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Of course, absolutely.

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And it comes through

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every transition in this life.

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And it's interesting to think about how

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my imposter syndrome has changed and

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little ebbed and flowed over the years.

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I think that when I first came in, I was

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like, do I even

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belong here in this school?

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and I think as young women, there's so

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much pressure to prove yourself and to

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show that you belong and show that you're

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worthy of the opportunities that you get.

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I struggled with so much when I was in

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university is trying so hard to prove

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myself that I didn't take advantage and

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really let myself be

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grounded in those opportunities.

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I think a lot of my journey, and I can

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speak for myself and I can't speak for

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everybody else, but a lot of my journey

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has been rooted in self-acceptance.

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I think that before I would try to prove

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myself to other people, I really had to

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prove myself to myself and let me know

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that, hey, Jaden, I trust you.

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You've got this.

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You can make decisions that are best for

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yourself and make sure that you're making

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decisions that are, this is your life.

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This is the trajectory of your life.

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So I think having imposter syndrome is

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one thing and it's real and

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it's relevant and it's hard,

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but learning a little bit more about

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yourself, which college really is a great

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place to do so, is key to kind of letting

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you know that you can speak to yourself

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and be like, hey, you do belong here.

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Might still feel

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uncomfortable, but you've got this.

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You've done it before.

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What did you learn about yourself in

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college that surprised you that you had

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no clue about before?

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Oh my gosh, yeah.

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I learned how to fail here in college.

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Oh, then that's a hard one.

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I can tell you that for a fact.

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So like I said before in high school, I

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was cruising through doing things.

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I was a good student and I was in the

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sports and in the

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clubs and all the things.

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I got here and I had no idea how to fail,

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if that makes sense.

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So when I got here and I ran into time

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management issues and I ran into social

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issues, I don't have any friends anymore.

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I ran into all sorts of things.

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I learned how to give myself grace when I

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am faced with setbacks and faced with

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these challenges that I had never

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experienced in the past.

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I also realized that the

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people that you keep around you,

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those circle can really make a

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difference on your experience.

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And so being really intentional about who

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I keep around me in my space has been

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something that I have, I've learned more

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about what a quality friend is to me and

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how I can be a quality friend.

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And I've really appreciated the people

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that I've now have in my

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circle here at university.

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Thank you for bringing up the quality

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friend component because not every person

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that wants to be your friend

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is going to be a fit for you.

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And I wish we talked about that more as

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women, really as anyone, do I

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admire this person's values?

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Do I want to be more like this person?

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And would I be proud to show

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up the way that they show up?

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And it doesn't mean we want to copy our

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friends or be every, you know, be just

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like our friends, but

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do I admire this person?

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I wish I would have asked that more when

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I was choosing friends in university.

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Mm-hmm.

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Is this person aligned

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with where I want to go?

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I always say that like, you know, coming

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from high school, small town, whatever,

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you've got friends from there that'll

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keep you rooted, they'll keep you

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grounded and remind

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you where you came from.

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But when people are meeting you in

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university and college, they're meeting

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that version of you.

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They don't know where you came from.

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They don't know anything

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about this previous Jaden.

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So the people that you meet over here in

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college are wanting to see you succeed in

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the future endeavors.

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You know what I mean?

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And to make sure that you keep the people

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around you that I think you really hit

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the nail on the head, like you said, like

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not everybody is a

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quality friend for you.

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You've got friends that can do different

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things for you and

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fulfill different cups for you.

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have to be aware of who is here for

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certain areas and aspects in your life.

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Yeah, and who is here to have a nice time

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with and who is here to

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share my hopes and dreams with.

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That is not always

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gonna be the same person.

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That's okay.

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There's literally

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nothing wrong with that.

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It is so true.

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How did you find your group?

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be a moral scholar here on campus.

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So the moral scholarship program is a

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program, a scholarship program that is

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full of students who are advocacy driven

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and who fight for social

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justice and things like that.

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So coming into school, I had this

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like-minded group already kind of around

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me, which was a great place to start.

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I will say that it ebbs and flows.

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You find your people,

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you change, you grow,

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but it was a lovely starting point

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because we already

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had something in common.

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One of my best friends,

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I found her in a class.

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We sat in a philosophy class together.

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Like one of my other best friends, she

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was my neighbor down the

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hall, freshman year in the dorm.

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So you just accumulate people and figure

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out who you wanna keep around

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and who you need to shut off.

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that is show up to the

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best of your ability as you.

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Here's what I believe, here are my

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values, here are the causes I'm

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passionate about, because then you're

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like a lighthouse and the other people

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who feel that way are going to be

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naturally attracted to you.

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I can definitely say, and I sit here as a

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semi-hypocrite, that I did

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not always operate that way.

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Me either, I'm also a semi-hypocrite.

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I'm a semi-hypocrite too.

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We could say, I would be like, yes, this

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is the right answer, this is perfect.

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Girl, I was not, I was not preaching or

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doing what I was

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preaching back a couple years ago.

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It's a journey, I'm working on it, still

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working on it to this day.

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I'm fully 22 years old, trying to get to

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the space where I can live

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unapologetically, authentically,

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is something that a lot of people

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struggle to do, and I aspire to be.

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In the past, I was not

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giving people my authentic self.

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I was trying to shape shift, be who I

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thought they wanted me to be.

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People pleasing.

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Oh, I like these people.

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Oh my gosh, it is a

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double-edged sword sometimes.

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You can just come off as just this great,

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amazing person who just can work a room

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and really can talk to

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anybody, but it's draining.

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Oh my goodness, it is so draining.

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It's so draining and that pressure to be

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liked, when you run into a scenario where

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you have to stand up for yourself and you

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have to say this isn't okay, then you

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walk away feeling horrible about yourself

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because somebody just likes you.

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And you know what, my mama, she always

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says, somebody might not like you, but do

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you even really like them?

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valuable thing to think about.

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Do I even wanna hold this person in my

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circle the way that I have to be setting

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boundaries and stuff

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like that to these people?

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wanna keep in my circle.

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I don't know, I feel like,

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yeah, people pleasing has

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its time and it has its place.

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about breaking that cycle and getting out

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of that cycle is that

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you will lose people.

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No, we're human beings.

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Psychologically, we wanna be loved and

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supported and valued and so

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to let go of that is difficult.

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Purposely almost

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ostracize yourself is difficult.

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It goes against what we innately want to

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do in our brain and that's hard to make a

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decision for yourself like that.

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feels like survival.

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It is survival for many people.

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I wanna shift into your advocacy focus

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because that's one thing I admire about

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you is you're so passionate about the

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causes that you care about and you get

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yourself involved in to your point like

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activities and clubs and groups that

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align with who you are.

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important if you want to design your

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university experience to be fulfilling,

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you gotta get involved with your causes.

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So tell us about your

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advocacy work we wanna know.

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we're doing a little rewind.

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I was a sophomore in 2020 hit, right?

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we're at home, we're

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quarantining, all of those things.

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Racial tensions are high in the country.

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George Floyd just passed away, he was

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just murdered and I was

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feeling just devastated, right?

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This was heavy, it was hard on my heart,

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it's hard for my people.

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advocacy, my public advocacy started.

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So like I'm doing with you now, I love

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having conversations with people, that's

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why I'm going into the

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field that I'm going into.

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And so I said, let's just have a

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conversation about how we're feeling as

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students in this time

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that we can't be together.

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And honestly, it kind

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of took off from there.

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So that led me to being able

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to receive a moral scholarship.

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I am now involved on campus in advocacy

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groups for the black community.

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I've got friends and people who are

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aligned with me who are now advocates for

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the LGBTQIA community and the Latinx

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community and the Asian community and

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things along the lines of that.

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So we're reaching there.

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I had to set some boundaries and step

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away from some of my roles because I'm a

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student, I'm a research

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assistant and multiple things.

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But right now, one of my current roles is

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I am the Vice President of Service for

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Mortarboard, which is like

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a national senior honorary.

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So in this role, I get to do that

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advocacy work in service, reaching to far

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more demographics than I would just be

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able to take on just as myself, as Jaden,

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emotionally and logically.

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That's incredible.

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And I think standing up for what you

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believe in and having those

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heart-centered, heart-led conversations,

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it builds those courage muscles.

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Because most of us have something that we

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feel very passionate about.

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And I think for students, that's gonna

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build your muscles, build your network to

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get involved, whether it's I care about

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domestic violence or animal abuse or

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whatever it is, getting involved in

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taking a stand is going to help build

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your worldview, your perception, your

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ability to stand for what you believe in

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in a way that is respectful and firm.

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Yeah, I think to your point, whatever it

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is, it doesn't matter, but you have to

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find what aligns with your soul and your

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spirit and your heart.

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much energy, time, resources and

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emotional energy into supporting a cause,

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it's gotta be aligned with who you are.

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I found what I'm aligned with maybe

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earlier than some other people might find

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what they're aligned with, but this is a

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lifelong journey and those

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type of things can change.

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And should change as you

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grow and change as a person.

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So yeah, I love that, I love that.

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How has doing your

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advocacy work changed you?

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Yeah, what I'll say is we're gonna tie

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this back into this

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people pleasing, right?

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So before-- Look at her, she could be a

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broadcaster, I'm gonna tie it back.

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Stop, give me a job.

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When I'm thinking about advocacy, a word

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that pops out in my

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mind is opposition, right?

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So obviously you're advocating for

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something, you want change and with

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change, there's obviously going to be

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people who disagree with you.

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I think as a people pleaser, that can be

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something that's difficult to do.

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It's not, in theory, it's not hard to

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stand up for what you believe in.

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And of course I would speak my mind and

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say what I need, but you have to be okay

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with the opposition and people who are

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not aligned with what you're saying,

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disliking what you're saying.

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That is the whole goal of advocacy is to

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use your voice and speak up to say what

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needs to be said or what you feel needs

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to be said, even if there's opposition.

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So I think that changing me, it has, I've

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gained confidence in my voice, I've

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gained confidence in my presence.

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I know that when I am speaking about the

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things that I'm passionate about, I'm

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speaking my truth and it doesn't really

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matter about other people who don't

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really like what I'm

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saying because this is my truth.

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And like my mom said, like I said again,

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do I even really want

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those people to like me?

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Because if the people who are not aligned

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with what I'm aligned with spiritually

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are buddy, buddy with me, what could that

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say about the energy that

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I'm bringing around myself?

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Not saying that you can't have friends

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with differing opinions, not saying that

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you shouldn't have people in your circle

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who don't agree with what

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you say, you absolutely should.

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We can get complacent if we don't.

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But when you're letting people in to this

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emotional energy, to your space, to your

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mind, to your spirit,

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who are you bringing around and who are

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you giving access to yourself?

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Yeah.

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And there's only one of beautiful you and

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you always wanna make sure

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that you take care of your soul.

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Because it's just me

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and her until the end.

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Like we're sticking it out.

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I read something when I went through a

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hard time in my life a couple of years

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ago that said you're the longest

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relationship you'll ever have.

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And that has always stuck

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with me because it's true.

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It is true.

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Now I have a challenging

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question for you, Jayden.

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If you were going to give three pieces of

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advice to university age students, these

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can be pieces of advice

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about absolutely anything.

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What would those

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three pieces of advice be?

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Number one, I would say do something new,

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something that you

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have never done before.

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If it makes you

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uncomfortable, better, that's the better.

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If you're like, "Oh, I don't know, this

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is a cool opportunity, but I'm a little

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nervous," do it, it's worth it.

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I studied abroad for the first time being

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here to a country that I did not speak

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the native language, do it.

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You should get out of your comfort zone,

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even if it's just trying a new sport,

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joining a new team, try out a class that

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you've been looking at

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just because you can.

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That will exponentially grow your

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understanding of yourself and who you are

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as a person faster than any other

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lecture, faster than anything that makes

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you feel comfortable.

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So that'd be my first piece of advice.

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Second, we kind of

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touched on it, find your circle.

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That does not look

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the same for everybody.

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That is nowhere near a linear journey.

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Mine sure was not.

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And you might make a

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mistake, that's okay.

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Oh my gosh, yes.

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Oh my gosh, yes.

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I look back at myself and I'm like, "What

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was I doing with these people?"

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Oh, I know, me too.

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Spending my time with these people.

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And that goes for all types of

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relationships, right?

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Platonic, romantic relationships,

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familial relationships.

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Figure out who's serving you, who you

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want to be, find alignment.

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Figure out who's serving you, that's

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really important to

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find your support circle.

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My last piece of advice, hmm.

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If I could give one more piece of advice

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to people who are in university, I would

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probably say to utilize your resources.

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Universities are here because you're here

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to get a higher education and they've got

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resources that sometimes they

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don't want you to know about.

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Yes, we offer these things,

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but take advantage of them.

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They're here for you.

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You're paying tuition, use them.

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Milk the place that you're at, milk the

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university that you're at, because you're

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only gonna be here for a certain time.

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So if those resources look like health

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services that you might need, use that.

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If it's just network

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connections, use that.

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It's free for, I don't

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know, Hulu for students here.

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Use that, use all of the resources that

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you can because they will go and you

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might not have another opportunity.

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And so like bolster

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yourself while you're here.

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This university is, yes, you're working

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for this university, but it's here

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supposed to be working for you too.

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This is a mutual thing, so.

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Yes, it's a mutually beneficial really.

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I really like that piece of advice too,

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because you only get

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that period of time once.

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So you want to optimize it to the

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greatest potential so that you can become

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the person you want to be.

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Because university is so much not about

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what you learn in the classes as much as

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it's about who you become.

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Absolutely, absolutely.

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I honestly couldn't have

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said it any better myself.

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I have had such an incredible time with

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you just kind of going through this

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journey and talking through

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so many deep, deep things.

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So as we wrap up here, give us another

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snapshot of like what's next for you on

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your journey when you'll be graduating.

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Yeah, so I graduate in May, which is

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right around the corner, which is crazy.

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Honestly, and I think sometimes it's a

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little taboo to talk

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about, I'm gonna take a break.

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I know, right?

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I'm so proud of you.

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Thank you.

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I'm high achieving and I'm intelligent

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and I'm still doing my thing and have

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goals and aspirations, but I'm taking a

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little bit of time for myself to figure

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out what's going on in my life, where I

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want to go, be really intentional about

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where I'm putting my time and energy.

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Just get a little life experience.

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It's my first time not in

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academia since I've been like six.

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So I'm gonna take a break and then, you

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know, go on to graduate school, like I

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said, try to have my own practice.

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But really my goal is to help and change

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the community around me wherever I land.

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So whether that's here or California, I

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just hope to make at least a little bit

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of an impact around my circle.

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I have no doubt that'll be the case.

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I wanna say a humongous thank you for

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sharing your time and your energy and

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your wisdom and your resources with us.

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We are so grateful.

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Absolutely, absolutely.

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Thank you for even

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giving me this opportunity.

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It's been so fantastic to talk to you.

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Oh, it's been phenomenal.

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And thank you so much everyone for

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joining us on another episode of the

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perspective, or just a much needed moment

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Brooke Young is a multi-passionate publicist, lifestyle TV host, public speaking mentor, and communication consultant. She works with a wide range of clients across the globe, and across a diverse range of industries, to help them create, develop, and promote powerful messages through heart-centered storytelling. Additionally, as a Lifestyle Expert and TV Host, she is passionate about sharing solutions and products that make everyone's lives happier and healthier. She has formerly worked On-Air with FOX Sports, competed in the Miss America Organization, and is the Author of a Children's Book. She has over a decade of professional performing background and loves sharing stories that truly matter.