Ball of Choas

It is something that you hear all the time: the rise in the cost of higher education. We gasp in horror when we see how much an undergraduate degree costs, let alone a postgraduate one. But there is a steady rise each year in the number of graduates who enter the workforce, especially with the more affordable options such as transfer programs or even affiliated institutes with recognized universities. But the question still remains: does it reflect the job market?? I'm no expert in economics. Hell, I wouldn't know the first thing about it but I do know this (in fact any idiot will understand it) that just cause you get a degree it does not garantee you a job. The simple reason is the fact that the number of graduates are increasing each year and those who are in older generations refuse to leave their jobs even though they are well past their retirement age. This in turn causes the food chain to be horded in one level or the other. See, the point is when someone retires anot...

I've always heard the saying "Failure are the pillars of success" and I thought it to be a very motivating saying at the time. But the part that they missed out, the part which is of greater significance that is kept under the raps is how you are going to feel after failure. No one really prepares you for that. Well, let me tell you it not a very good feeling, the self doubt that follows after you have failed at something or another. That incessant voice in your head, perhaps the ugly side of you, that keeps on saying that you failed and that you are never going to be anything better than a failure. It's interesting how when you want yourself to be the strongest is often when you find yourself to be the weakest. Yes, yes self doubt is a bitch and it very well does play its fair share of havoc. I, for one, am a victim of this "illness" and I find it hard sometimes to ignore that nagging voice in my head and the sense of feeling helpless. This is made fa...