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Douglas College Career Fair 2018 The importance of you-time like to think that I’m able to handle stress With all that nonsense going on in to get to, naturally, but for those few long-run that time is just as valuable as Isomewhat decently, at the very least. the lives of these students, people who hours I just don’t worry about it. time spent working if it means giving Having gone through four years of are still wrestling with the idea of what This mental rest-stop might be your stressed-out mind a breather. post-secondary—yes, I’m counting the two they want to be when they grow up, it’s no different for different people—it could I’m not saying to hell with that paper, spent in General Studies at Douglas, even wonder that so many of us crumble under be going for a hike, playing some video or to call in sick just to spend a day out on if I don’t have any credentials to show for the immense pressure—I sure as hell have. games, hanging out with friends, cleaning the town… but be sure to take that you- it—I’m no stranger to the horror stories I’ve been lucky; I’ve made it the house, or getting a really good time when you can get it, and don’t feel of relentless workloads, sleepless nights, out of school, am now working two workout in. 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