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The person who has empowered me the most in my life ‘till now is my boyfriend. Some people may say ‘yeah but a boyfriend/husband is temporary.’ And I can’t say that’s not true. (But you guys are wrong for my situation) He has changed me in a lot of ways and I would NOT be who I am today without him.Before I met him, I was a complete mess. I didn’t go to school regularly, I skipped classes a lot. I didn’t care for school or my future. And to be honest, for me there was no reason to look at the future. I lived day by day and only looked backwards, to my past. The worst part is: I quit school. I never got my degree. Which made me more of a mess. I quit everything and never completed anything.When I got together with him over six years ago, I wasn’t sure what to do with my life. I finally had something that made me want to look forward. He made me realise what kind of a mess I was and that I had to look forward, leave the past behind.With small steps I started to know which road I wanted to take. He started working in marketing. That was around the same time I met OnePlus. Those two factors made me decide I wanted to work in marketing as well. But what could I do? I couldn’t go to University since I didn’t have a degree.I discovered that you could enter university with a test. (I actually have thread about this here: https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/college-is-my-second-chance-at-life.353731/ I didn’t pass their tests and it was actually a bumpy road for me to able to do a course in marketing.But in 2016 I started classes and an internship in marketing. I lived with a minimumwage of 600 euro’s till now, just to be able to get a degree. And to be honest, it was all completely worth it. And even if me and my boyfriend had hard times because I didn’t earn much, he kept supporting me. He kept believing in me.Last week was my last exam and it took me a few hours to realise. ‘It’s done. I COMPLETED my course.’ But when I did, I started crying. Because I actually completed something in my life and it took me so much effort, blood, sweat and tears. I don’t know if I passed yet. (I will tomorrow.) But whatever the results are, I didn’t quit, I made it trough.And one thing I know for sure. If it wasn’t for him.