"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."
- Christian D. Larson
Tonight was going to be my movie night with my friend Bri, which we'd planned for about a week, but unfortunately she's come down sick and so we are rescheduling for next week - such a shame, but next week is perfect! This meant that she wasn't in the lab today, so I turned up to work and the lights were off in the lab and so I waited a little while incase she was late or had gone for a morning swim. I then checked my emails and right there was an email telling me that she couldn't make work or our night - I completely freaked out as I knew I would have to attempt the chemistry lab demo experiment on my own, as it needs to be prepared by tomorrow and we hadn't quite perfected it yet.
After completely panicking and calling my mum crying in the toilets (not my finest moment), we talked everything through and I plucked up the courage to go and see the lovely lady who I am doing this for and ask her if she still wanted me to continue; she told me that it was up to myself. I decided I would give it my best shot, and with instructions from Bri to help me along I tried my best and guess what, it worked! I completed the experiment all by myself and the results turned out the way we needed them to, meaning it can be used as a demonstration in her lecture!
I really should listen to my family who say that I can do things if I just believe in myself - I even have it engraved on my bracelet! For me this was such an incredible achievement, not only did I do the experiment myself, I went to speak with the boss - out of choice - and met an undergraduate student who I'll be in the same food chemistry class as.
Although there are some stressful and anxious situations going on right now, there is some light glimmering in the dark; every cloud really does have a silver lining.
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