Live first, Survive Later
People keep pouring in their only life.
They keep doing this and that to show everone that they could.
They even tells us what to do.
Why are we rushing?
Is someone chasing us?
Could it be their expectations?
In the ocean filled with big fished who’s rushing to get their expectations on the future like stressing overnight wondering what kind of future they’re going to have, what kind of man they going to married one day, how are they going to survive their academic pressure and there’s a small fish who’s just stays in the Coral reef reading a book about understanding how life works. That small fish is me.
I keep seeing my friends already planed all of their futures.
“im want to go to yale, i need to study for 7 hours”
“i want to take finance, im need to take the economics olympiad quickly”
“i need to get all of the certificate right now”
me? of course i have plans. But, do we have to be in this rush?
The point of living this life is surviving, but does that really makes your body feels okay? are you happy of surviving with that heavy heart?
In the last 3 month i keep rushing to study, study, study and study. Why was that? Maybe its because i expect people to belive me that i can.
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I want everyones know i can.
I have it.
I could achive it.
But like i said, do we have to be in this rush? With that heavy heart?
I know what it feel to be not included to be the best student in the class, but you could do it slowly.
Not every human in this earth have the same technique of learning things.
Not every human have the same taste of major.
Not every human liked the same subjects.
Not every human could memorize a whole books in a month.
Not every human.
This is what i said to myself in the random tuesday night. After that kind of reflection, I learned to slow down.
i tried to keep my mind steady like how the turtles balancing their body in the ocean wave, by reading a book and watching gilmore girls.
Please read a book. Stop doom scrolling. it works.
Try to find a comfort series where they give you a lot of quotes.
just live naturally.
No need to rush or be hasty
