Life of a Student

So a new school year has come.

Everything is going by so fast… sometimes it all blends together. I’ve heard many times from graduates that college just flies by in a flash. I can definitely attest that is true for me. It seems like only yesterday I was folding clothes at the Gap. Now I’m drowning in chemistry homework and engineering problem sets.

Which takes me to a thought I’ve been turning over in my head recently - something first brought up in one of my classes.

The majority of men live their lives for the “end result”, that reward that they get for “suffering” through life.

I certainly felt this way recently, when I battled 4 different midterms plus a huge project - all in one week. Sleep deprivation, complete fatigue, and a feeling of weakness and lifelessness were my constant companions.

All I could console myself with was the thought of the “end result” - that delicious weekend that lay only a few days in front of me. But what was that tribulation in the grand scheme of things? Should not all life be enjoyed, even the hard times? Are the hard times not necessary to fully enjoy the best of times?

If we are constantly wishing for life to go faster so we can reach the fun, does life itself not get wasted in the process? Life should be viewed and lived differently.

So easy for me to write, but so difficult for the idea to be lived. The difficulty of anything worthwhile always lies in action…

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