You're such a deeply poetic and reflective narrator and experiencer of life! Your potent nuggets of truth resonated so deeply with me, as I embark on a journey not so dissimilar to yours (HK here I come). I hope I can embrace and grow in change as gracefully as you have :)) thank you for sharing this
I was randomly recommended this video and clicked bc I'm 26, recently finished my masters and have been unemployed these last few months, so the post grad reflections hit. It also made me remember how I felt the first time around, when I was 23 and finished my bachelors. Things have a way of unexpectedly falling into place. They did back then and they're starting to do so now, after a period of me feeling very lost. I wish you the best! ✨
thank you for such a kind comment!!! and congrats on finishing your masters :) things def have an unexpected way of falling into place, and i hope you have many happy adventures ahead of u!
Hello, I am doing my computers science IA this year and I also wanted to create an app. I really like the set up you used for the app you made and so I wanted to ask what you used to create this. Thank you!
Found this video very relatable honestly. Currently am also getting my life figured out as I am supposed to graduate in July, and HK is actually where I am thinking of moving as well as my girlfriend is there. But change is kind of scary, as ultimately I'd be moving to a place where I don't know many people (although it's one I really like)? Anyway, good video.
i hope my video doesn't put you off from moving to hk hahahah it is a wonderful city, but any sort of change is scary! thank you for the kind comment :)
I remember when I used to watch your CUHK vlogs back when I was graduating high school and now I’m about to graduate uni watching this video. So grateful for your videos and I wish the best of luck for all of us as we navigate Hong Kong and life in general <3
Wow. This was so insightful. I am just finishing my year abroad and preparing my goodbyes and grievances - all while having a lingering thought that I should stay here. I haven’t seen my family or friends in 10 months yet I also have friends here that I don’t just want to leave. I am so scared to move back home and miss this. It’s very refreshing to see someone going through the same thing and adapting/replanting yourself at home. Thank you for making and sharing this beautiful video! :) And I hope you the best in your life!
maybe you can restart this chapter in your host country after grad! the possibilities are endless :) thanks for the lovely comment and all the best for you too!!!
I'm oddly in the same exact situation as you right now. I was raised in Hong Kong and left for uni in London, in a few months time i'll be away to a whole new country with no support or anyone i'm close to. Thank you for encapsulating these thoughts and feelings through this video, it's very reassuring knowing that others in the same boat are doing well! Looking forward to what our 20's have in store for us :)
ahhhh thats so exciting and terrifying at the same time! im sure you'll find your footing in a new country in no time :) enjoy the ride and good luck!!
So glad I got to see this. The plant repotting analogy resonated a lot with me now. Thank you thank you. Really transitions and new beginnings and change are hard. Wishing you the best life in Hong Kong from Lima, Peru!
this video was comforting as someone who graduated early,, unlike you i did not have a job lined up and am in that very uneasy reality of what’s next?? but this was comforting nonetheless as I’m no longer in that safe bubble of my college town and am back home without any deep roots rn
congratulations on graduating early! thats no easy feat. take ur time to figure out what's next, we're so young!! enjoy the time off and realign yourself to chase what u want. all the best!!! <3
The struggle is so real, thank you so much for opening up to everyone and making me realise I’m not alone. hope you all the best in your studies and postgrad!!!!
this is SO amazing!!!! i know people have already said this but i am still shocked by how much i can relate to this video despite being in the complete opposite stage of my life. i have just got into grad school and will have to leave behind everything and everyone it took years to love. i too used to be proud of being so good with change but right now, it stings in ways i cannot explain. you are such a beautiful writer and thinker. watching this was not only comforting but also inspiring. i wish you the very best and hope to see where this journey takes you ahead!
congrats on getting into grad school!!! thats a huge achievement and such an exciting new chapter for u!! :)) change is diff at every juncture, but i hope u find lots of love and happiness at grad school too. thank you for the well wishes and the compliments !
i’m so glad youtube recommended this video to me, as someone who is also navigating through change and entering a new stage in my life. i also loved the cinematography and effort put into this video and it really inspired me as i’m trying to make a similar style video as a small creator🥹🫶🏼
I just found your channel and I can’t believe how happy I found this channel. I’m currently in London doing my masters and I know so well that one day I will be going through the same thing as you. I’ve also started documenting my life and hopefully I can follow in your footsteps 😢
It’s crazy how RU-vid knows how I feel and I don’t know yet. This video is me. I am here craved out with a perfect job before graduation thinking naively that I won’t fall prey to these feelings. But I’m so close to graduating (in 2 months) and I don’t know where to start/restart my new upcoming life. Thank you for putting my feelings into words.
congrats in advance on graduation!! i know exactly how u feel haha, but what i keep telling myself is that we're still young! and we're not married to our first jobs. jobs will come and go and we have the next 40 years to figure that out! baby steps!!
Hi! I just found your channel and you are so inspiring! I couldn't even work at all when I'm feeling stressed.... Just trust yourself and I'm sure you are as good as your classmates :) Btw, would you mind sharing more about the conversion exams like how did you prepare for it, how long did it take to pass them all, is it exceptionally hard to take the conversions exams and then apply for pcll? I heard that even if you pass all the exams it is still very hard to enter pcll :((( Thank you so much!
AW thank you! tbh i don't think conversion exams are that difficult but i also think a lot of people tend to fail bc they just don't study for it (on top of doing regular uni work) bc they just see it as a pass/fail exam. i bought conversion notes online and then made my own notes from it, and then did a lot of past papers. def failed a couple subjects on the first try, but i just studied harder the second time. passing all these exams are a must for PCLL, but i think they're the most minimum requirement. obv pcll admission still depends on your undergrad GPA/scores. good luck! lmk if u have more questions, happy to help
I am in awe how I seemingly randomly was recommended this video. Yet it resonated with me incredibly much. So many things you mentioned really hit deep. And another thing I was sure when I watched your video that my brain told me you had 2.1 Million views. Crazy that such a video hasn't so many views! Greetings from a Second Year PhD
really have to thank the youtube algo for sending this video to so many kind people!! hopefully my videos will be deserving of views in the millions in the future :) good luck on your PhD !
Not all change is bad and not all stagnancy is good. I’m also a post grad , and I graduated last year and tbh it’s really scary to get started from here but it all lies on the other end, the growth the hustle and the big things. So it’s okay to be scared and at the same time embrace what’s coming because its gonna come anyway and we will move forward anyways . So might as well be welcoming and happy. Also, did not realise i needed someone to speak about this before this video came up. Thanks for sharing your life here🫶🏻 much love
SO TRUE !!!! it's scary for things to change and it's scary for things to stay the same. this is always a safe space for u to talk !! all the best in ur new adventures <3
I graduated too in 2023 in the uk and im having a post grad crisis. I still can’t believe i have graduated uni, all of my uni friends have moved away and i now need to start all over again.
starting all over again is not the worst thing! new people in your life is always a good thing :) just make sure you keep in touch with the old ones that matter
Wowowow this video was so beautifully put. I relate to you in so many ways. Resisting change yet also craving it. Even down to not recognizing myself in old journal entries, but being satisfied with seeing the growth on the pages. Thank you for sharing!
It’s absolutely wild how much change life throws at people graduating college. Not only is a person leaving an institution that they’ve been a part of for their whole life, but they’re often having to move and start a job at the same time. The whole thing is incredibly scary, and at some point it just all seems normal again. I’m not sure if we just get used to the new circumstances, or if we just get too tired to keep being scared, but either way, one day I woke up in my new apartment a few months after graduating and realized that it was home. The way you conveyed this feeling, from knowing the exact spots where you fell in love and first felt heartbreak, to the metaphor of the plant growing roots in a new pot, was beautiful. I really appreciated the glimpse into your life
I def think its a mix of getting used to new circumstances and not wanting to dwell in any negative mindsets of fear or mourning. but i totally know what you mean! sometimes u just stop and realise after a few months that you're not rly fighting the negative feelings anymore. funny how we get adapted to change without realising it thank you for your kind words, and thank you for your time on my video and this comment!!! i really appreciate it
Abbie bestie we love you 🥺 I also feel the same way just leaving London and move away from Shanghai and the words you say cannot be more true and it made me tear up.
