On the Path to Crossroads | Karolina Žakaitytė | TEDxYouth@VIS
Balancing school, family, friends, and activities can be tough—especially when everyone tells you what you should do. I’ll be sharing my experience with pressure and how I’m learning to choose what I really want, both now and for the future. Hey, my name is Karolina, and I am a student in gr. 9. Apart from school I attend many clubs and programs in order to develop my skills and interests. I am always choosing between school, my clubs, family, my friends and more. But when everyone else is telling you what you're supposed to quit, choose, prioritise it gets more and more difficult to remember what you want. During the event, I will be sharing my experiences with pressure and choosing what I want to do now and in the future. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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