Follow what you want to do, go for your dreams, you may not quite get what you expected but you may end up with something even better. If you give it a go you’ll never be able to regret not trying. I’m 20 and have always been expected to be a teacher, I’ve always had people who expected me to do well at school and expected me to be able to cope on my own. Now I’m older I know that I don’t want to do that and the pressure has built up so much that I’m now depressed and can’t cope with life. I’ve had to give up uni (teacher training) and move back home and I can’t hold down a proper job.

So I’m currently the exact opposite of what eveyone expected of me because it isn’t right for me. Everyone will be fine with it, I’m not going to give them any other option, it’s my life and I’m going to make the decisions.

I’m not saying that you are in exactly the same circumstance or that the same would happen to you. But if I could change something, I would’ve given me the courage to stand up and do what I want, whether it makes my parents happy or not- it’s you that has to live with it and be happy from what you are doing not them.

Good luck and go for it!