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You can do it! ...If you want to

Hi there! This is my first ever blog and thank you so much for reading it. The reason for this blog is to help YOU do what you want to do. To have the confidence to take the leap, the risk or just push back against what is stopping you from doing what you want to do. Whether that thing you want to do is a sport you want to start, a hobby you have no time for, a career choice you can’t decide on, a relationship you want to start, or something else.

I have faced my fair share of barriers to my wants, passions, and aspirations in life. It has left me feeling hopeless or defeated, without confidence in myself. And maybe you have felt the same because of barriers like:

  • Fear, Anxiety
  • No money
  • No confidence
  • No time
  • No support
  • Anything else

What I found out is that by seeing others passionately pursuing their aspirations and loving what they do, it inspired me to work past my obstacles. Something else was that they showed me how to work past my obstacles just by talking about what they did and all their failures. Talking about their setbacks, flaws, and failures and how they dealt with them is so helpful to me that I’m sure it will be helpful to others.

So what I am going to do with this blog is talk a little bit about me, my hobbies, interests, passions and experiences as well as my flaws and failures. I am hopeful that by hearing about my experiences you will be inspired, or at the very least encouraged, to do that next thing you are scared to do now that you know you aren’t alone.

Let me start by telling you about me. My name is Sami, I am a biracial, Bilingual International Business student at the University of Strathclyde. I’m a biker, a 3D printing enthusiast and business owner and someone who loves playing airsoft. I have ADHD, asthma and anxiety. I love learning things and figuring out how things work inside and out. I love meeting people and want them to like me but often worry they don’t and struggle with imposter syndrome.

This is my first post in a series of short blogs where I will talk about things I have achieved and how I worked past my obstacles.



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