As a child I used to think a lot about what I wanted to be when I grew up. Whilst my first choice has always been to study at Hogwarts, that was sadly not to be.
Instead I focused on photography, psychology and social work.
During high school I was told that I would never amount to anything because I wasn't smart enough, I wasn't pretty enough, and I wasn't determined enough. For a long time I believed the 'friends' and teachers who told me that. I dealt with many horrible issues and battled depression, undiagnosed bipolar and many psychotic turns before I finally turned my life around.
It's taken three years of medication, counseling, an intense study load of two courses, and taking on three jobs at once but now I'm proud to say that on my first try, I was offered a place at the Sydney College of the Arts.
I'm a university student!

So this is it! Here begins my journey into my career.
And maybe this journal will help someone else to see that even though we suffer.... We can do it. We are real. We can acheive.