Risk vs. Reward | Ivan Zhang | Avid Learner

I took some time off school during COVID (2020?) and it was a great decision. I was able to work on some cool projects, hang out more with my friends, learn a lot, and get some real world experience. I’m going to do it again, but this time I’m going to do it even better. I’m going to take a year off and run at the challenges and things that hurt the most. It’s going to suck and be painful but I’ve come to the realization that this is how I’m going to grow and become the person I want to be in the shortest amount of time. I have always had this tendency to sprint at things. Sometimes it works out well. Other times I fall on my face. But in all of these times I come out feeling like I jumped a few steps ahead. As the pain on my face subsides, I’m left with invaluable lessons — lessons that I would have never learned if I had not sprinted and fallen in the first place. I am going to sprint some more. I will sprint at the things that hurt the most and I will get hurt. But I will get better

I took some time off school during COVID (2020?) and it was a great decision. I was able to work on some cool projects, hang out more with my friends, learn a lot, and get some real world experience. I’m going to do it again, but this time I’m going to do it even better. I’m going to take a year off and run at the challenges and things that hurt the most. It’s going to suck and be painful but I’ve come to the realization that this is how I’m going to grow and become the person I want to be in the shortest amount of time. I have always had this tendency to sprint at things. Sometimes it works o