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By Alex Mandarino “How can I tell over 400 people that the worst has happened to me when some have a monumental impact on my wellbeing while others have spoken…
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“I can continue to look to my peers at YACC for a world of encouragement or a shoulder to lean on.”
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“How can I study for my exam with all this brain fog? How do I make it across campus in time for my next class without needing a nap after? How do I reintegrate into student life when I have changed so much as a person?”
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After months of planning, after over 30 incredible applicants each with unique talents and captivating stories of resilience, 15 YACCtivists touched down for a weekend at Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto from August 15-18 for a weekend we won’t forget.
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“I have been plodding forward for the past few months, head down, eyes on the ground focused solely on what needed to be done in all the different roles I play in my life. Don’t get me wrong, those roles are important, but along that journey, I forgot and lost sight of the most important role I play in my life: ME.”
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So here we are, three weeks into 2016 and over the past few weeks, I have found myself thinking, “What do I do now that I seem to have accomplished all of my goals, and I am living the life I love?”
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Grade 12, graduation, and my eighteenth birthday came with me involved in a highly abusive relationship, broken, lost, and a shadow of that ambitious girl I had been just a few short years before. I had no idea who I was anymore, who I could be, and where I was headed next. What I did know was that I couldn’t live like this much longer, and I needed to make a change.
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I am incredibly fortunate, and thankful that my physical health has posed minimal challenges. I’d like to take a moment to acknowledge some of the challenges I could be facing.
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It’s impossible to describe how each and every time I meet up with people involved in this organization, I leave with a sense of clarity, inspiration, and realism that I don’t always get in my every day life. The difference at the end of this trip is that this time it feels a little more like a beginning.
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