the lenses

It's incredibly easy to see through pleasure lenses, and sometimes it really is exactly what you need at that moment. I do find that thinking of things in the long term is rather stressful, and that's probably what drives these 'pleasure lenses' to be so consuming. As for purpose, well, I'm not convinced I'll ever know what this is - but looking at it from a more altruistic sense will surely help this. Passion is something I've had plenty of in my life, although it's difficult to fight for passion when financially things aren't viable. It's taught me to ensure that I can apply my passion to something that I plan on pursuing as a career for my whole life - I think that this is that!

core values

This is a tricky question because I hadn't thought much about what these would be prior to this question. I suppose I am a firm believer in respecting everyone, being polite, and not harming others. This question will take a lot more time to think about - and will keep manifesting over my lifetime.

I'm usually very embarrassed to fail and very stubborn to ask for help, but over the last few years I have been working on being comfortable with asking others. It's incredibly important to remind myself that you can learn so much from others and there is nothing embarrassing about asking for help.