Hey! My name is Nicholas, I'm 17 years old and I have issues with my life-purpose right now ... I am currently studying sciences, but I don't think it's the right thing for me...
I started to watch Leo's video at the age of 14 and read two or three books about self-development. It really helped me because at the time, I was a people-pleaser, I was fat, I had anxiety problems, and I was not confident at all. My parents at the time didn't really care about those problems of mine, but with the help of Leo, I was able to solve these problems. I now have a lot of friends and I feel really confident.
All my life, I've always been the type of guy that likes arts, writing stories, nature, drawing and music. I was not really good at those things, but they made me happy. The problem is that when I entered high school, my parents really pushed me to study sciences and have good grades. In fact, I had really good grades in high school, I was in a good school with enriched classes and I learned about two languages. I felt that it was the right way for me, and for years, I studied very hard. I stopped to draw and to write because I thought that these things are useless. I thought that I was in the right path and that I would probably become an optometrist or maybe a scientist. But when I entered college, I realized that it is not the right thing for me. I started to dislike school, and finally, to hate it. My grades went down, and I failed two classes: Maths and sciences.
I was ashamed of myself, and no matter how hard I studied, there was something wrong: I could not find the motivation to have good grades, like I was doing in high school. I realized that I changed and that the only reason why I liked sciences and maths is because I had good grades. I realized that I don't like having someone that tells me what to do, I don't want to have a boss. I want to be my own boss, I want to choose what to do and how I do it. I watched a lot of videos about how to find my passion, and I bought a program to draw virtually and I really liked it. Even if I'm really not good at it, I know that in time I will. I started to make music, to draw, to create things.
I met a career adviser twice, and we talked a lot about it. She told me that it would be a good idea that I stop to learn sciences and that I start my own business. She told that I should go in a program in visual art, and if I don't like it I could change to psychology when I will go to a university.
I personally like the idea, and I am ready to work hard for that, but my parents don't like the idea because they think that I won't find a good job.
