life is good
Stress can be good too, if you're interested enough in what you're doing and prepared to slog your ass off for it. This semester has been bereft of interesting things for me to read and stew my brain juices over... except now, working on my last essay. I won't geek out by talking about it since I get the feeling no one really cares, except that the topic interests me greatly and I look forward to writing it.
I'm not someone who can work just for grades, and there's really no point in doing something that you detest, for "practical reasons". I learnt this lesson well enough when I decided to switch from a psych/lit shared major to being a pure lit major and I've never looked back. Even if I have to complete my BA(Hons) in 5 years instead of 4... even if I'm only going to get a second lower honours degree... I will beg and plead and put aside my self-dignity to secure a place in some hopefully decent university to do my Master's.
Why am I talking about this? I believe in obsession. I believe that moderation is overrated as some of you might have surmised from my hard drinking habits. Of course it can get unhealthy, which is why you need close friends and family to tell you when you're going overboard, but I always say, there's nothing stopping us from toeing the line, pushing the envelope, to use highly cliched and overused phrases.
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Also, I will be leaving for Thailand in the middle of December, and will be back just before Christmas. Do drop me a msg if you will be in the area at the same time. It'll be nice to meet up for a meal and a drink. Non-alcoholic, if that's what you prefer.
I'm not someone who can work just for grades, and there's really no point in doing something that you detest, for "practical reasons". I learnt this lesson well enough when I decided to switch from a psych/lit shared major to being a pure lit major and I've never looked back. Even if I have to complete my BA(Hons) in 5 years instead of 4... even if I'm only going to get a second lower honours degree... I will beg and plead and put aside my self-dignity to secure a place in some hopefully decent university to do my Master's.
Why am I talking about this? I believe in obsession. I believe that moderation is overrated as some of you might have surmised from my hard drinking habits. Of course it can get unhealthy, which is why you need close friends and family to tell you when you're going overboard, but I always say, there's nothing stopping us from toeing the line, pushing the envelope, to use highly cliched and overused phrases.
*
Also, I will be leaving for Thailand in the middle of December, and will be back just before Christmas. Do drop me a msg if you will be in the area at the same time. It'll be nice to meet up for a meal and a drink. Non-alcoholic, if that's what you prefer.
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