The rise of students taking a "gap year" in their education has always intrigued me. For those of you that don't know, a gap year is a set period of time to "pause" your educational pursuits in exchange for seeking other opportunity, travel, work, etc. I am getting ready to begin a gap year as I just finished my Winter term of university. I am one of those students who has "changed" what they're studying about 20 times in 2 years, because I'm not sure what I want to do. I began with Biology and now I am in general Business, hoping to narrow it down soon to be more specific. I am going to take this opportunity to challenge myself and become more resourceful and independent. I have a couple projects that I will be working tirelessly on, and I hope to share my experiences with that soon. My questions for the students and younger people here are; How do you view students taking a gap year? What do you believe are the potential benefits and downsides? If you had/have the opportunity to take a year away from work/school, how would you spend it?

Would you guys be interested in doing a group call sometime soon? It would be on google meet where we chat and you can pick my brain for an hour or two. If so, what are your time zones and preferred times?

Is Journaling like writing stories or something? Im not sure but i want to get into one or the other, be more productive instead of being on my phone all the time. Any tips to start?

If your birthday just passed or is coming up, happy birthday! :) I’m curious to see if someone’s birthday is on February 29th, cause this yo year mane! 👀 *It wouldn’t let me put more than 10 choices, so I had to group 2 together, but if you want to comment it you can!*

Do you often listen to your intuition?