u/Ancient_Macaron_9573

I dont know what to do with my life

Well, i dont know where im headed. I graduated high school last year and decided to take a gap year since i wasn’t sure of what i wanted to do, and funnily enough i feel even more lost now. I worked for a few months during this gap year, then stopped in order to focus on portfolios and whatnot, ive been rejected from all five or six universities i applied to. Perhaps i shouldve taken preparatory courses since almost all of them were fashion design related. On the other hand i thought my base skills would be enough to cover the bar, which i was dead wrong about. There was one university that wasnt fashion related, i had a good chance of getting into it - i fucked up my interview terribly. So now i dont know what to do, in europe most deadlines are over, there are no other fashion universities in my budget i can apply to, and even if i did get into one out of my budget and took out a loan, chances of me finding housing in two months would be extremely hard. I refuse to stay in my home country and want to be away, but still in europe bc my parents want it so. Im really not sure what to do, i feel like a faliure, i thought i can be good enough for art and fashion. I brushed off all of these rejections and now its hitting me all at once. I know i have way more rejections to face in my lifetime and whatnot, but it really hurts that i wasnt good enough. My best bet is to maybe find a basic bachelor that accepts just based off of grades and CV and then search for housing asap. ; On one hand perhaps i couldve found courses to pay for and gotten a better head start that wouldve helped me get into at least one of these universities, i guess my ego was too high? I thought i could do it, i really did.
So yeah my question is, where do i go from here what do i do? Another gap year isnt an option, and im seriously reconsidering if im made for that sphere if i got so many rejections. I dont know anymore.

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u/Ancient_Macaron_9573 — 3 days ago
▲ 2 r/GMail

Im thinking of leaving gmail and the whole google ecosystem. One of my friends recently lost all of his accounts after getting hacked, including all the recovery emails. It’s impossible to recover after that unfortunately, I just want an email provider that I know will keep my data safe or at least let me speak to representatives so it would be recoverable. So many applications use emails/numbers as the only source for recovery, which is so unfair even if you can prove your ownership otherwise. No matter how safe you stay, you’re one wrong link click away from everything getting stolen from you.

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u/Ancient_Macaron_9573 — 18 days ago