There is a mental health crisis brewing amongst our youth. Nearly one in three adolescents (31.9%) will meet criteria for an anxiety disorder by the age of 18. While school is in session, high school students are the single most stressed out population in the US. Youth depression and anxiety are rising at alarming rates. In 2016 an estimated 3.1 million adolescents aged 12 to 17 in the United States had at least one major depressive episode.
That thing you do for fun, but it might look like work to others. The thing that gives you energy and allows you to engage.
What are you really good at? Not the things that get graded but the areas that provide growth opportunities.
What causes you to take action? Not your passions, but rather those things within you that have deep meaning for you.