Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I was doing grade 12

This morning I was reading a book at home when a matric student sat down next to me and said, “That’s a great read, isn’t it?”  So we started chatting. He told me he was getting ready to graduate from high school in a couple of weeks and then immediately starting his university career in the fall.  “But I have no clue what I want to do with my life,” he said.  “Right now I’m just going with the flow.” And then, he began asking me one question:

Ø  What do you do for a living?

Ø  When and how did you decide what you wanted to do?

Ø  Why did you do this?  Why didn’t you do that?

Ø  Is there anything you wish you had done differently?

I answered his questions as best as I could, and I also tried to give him guidance with the time I had.  And after a ½ hour chat, he thanked me for giving him advice or direction. But on my way to school I realized that the chat I had with him was actually quite ashamed for me.  He reminded me of me ten years ago.  So I started thinking about his questions again and I began imagining all of the things that I wish someone had told me when I was doing grade 12 in Kulani High School.