About two months ago, my friend and I began planning our summer. We were to visit China’s Yunnan Province, cover Vietnam and then go to Japan for the famous Fuji Rock Festival. Unfortunately, as they say, "The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry." And so they did. Work and employment plans, in this case… My friend had decided to stay and work, completing a degree in between, while I realised I could no longer afford going to Japan. Things change, plans change – everything is constantly on the move. At first, these facts, this reality, were really depressing. I couldn’t overcome the thought of failing in some way, in the ‘great scheme of things’. I had so much hope for this trip! Why? Why did things not go as planned?! Was it
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