Sometimes I feel like this is all what my life represents. In a College as big as UCD it’s easy to get lost and that’s what happened to me. I came into UCD in 2016 with unpleasant medical circumstances which meant I only did the bare minimum of attending lectures and tutorials. I never got the chance to get involved in a society or make new friends.

 

I thought it would be different in my second year, I was better health wise or so I thought… A totally crazy unrelated medical incident happened to me involving a tumor so alas, I missed the first 7 weeks of second year and didn’t get a second round at freshers. This time however I wasn’t going to let this define me, I didn’t want my selfie just to be medication, pain killers and the only source of socialization being an iPhone. I fell to the trap that College was going to be life changing and extraordinary but it’s only just College. I re-connected with old friends who were years ahead of me in their life because medical circumstances didn’t hold them back, they had graduated and begun careers. And I decided to multi-task and start mine.

 

I missed freshers again for my final year but this time under much better circumstances. Even with my physical disability holding me back I decided to travel Asia and carve my own path in life out. The transformation was astonishing, I even joined a society on campus which led to an opportunity which will help kickstart my career after, and finally things are making sense. The thing is, selfies aren’t static. While they stay around forever no one just takes one. I’m glad that for this year, I have a new more fulfilling selfie.