Why Keep A Social Life?
The fast paced society we live in today is growing immensely and with the new heights we climb to in our careers can cause us to lose track of the people who have played a sort of role along the way. I once read a quote one day while browsing through Facebook, "People enter your life for a reason." When I think back to all the people I have had some sort of interaction with in my life I realize just how important it is to work with others. As much as we want to all play Batman, working on that big project in solitude at the bat cave. Remember, Batman could never stop as much crime or villains compared to when he works alongside the Justice League!
It was a rainy night. Finals week in college with students rushing to fill up the library as they studied for their final exams. It seemed as though I had won the lottery during this period trying to survive finals week with a nose that was completing the most difficult marathon. Despite these challenges, I continued forth to study and found myself not fully grasping mountains of important information until I messaged one of my colleagues at school. In the past, studying alone had not brought me the grades I wanted majority of the time that school year so I came up with a new strategy. My friend and I met up and studied that night from 8-10pm. To my surprise, I scored better than I thought I would the following exam day. From then on I realized, when the going gets tough the things you relied on accomplishing alone can only get you so far. So what was I doing in those 2 hours with my friend: asking each other question, clarifying difficult concepts, narrowing broad lecture slides, and ultimately making the material more enjoyable.
My worldview had shifted and this year 2020 I am now conducting an experiment. I perform extremely below mediocre alone but would it be possible to 10x my workload and understanding by studying with a partner and not just any partner, an experienced one; preferably someone who seems to know and is more experienced than myself.
Living in a quiet room by myself for a whole summer. I found myself going mad, lost in thoughts, overthinking life and friendships. It would be safe to say having people around gave me a sense of ease with my thoughts. A sense of happiness I would also say. In the company of others, I found it extremely nice to share, produce, and create content. An encouraging word, a hug, or a correction cannot always be found in the batcave unless you read this in the future with talking artificial intelligence.
Until that time, I can safely say that we need people to interact with. It will keep you sane and less likely to pass this life away early alone in a cave or room full of worries. That's a metaphor for get out of your head and smell the flowers. Of course, balance is important being social with many people can empower us with energy but its also important to step back for a bit to recharge. As a sort of introvert myself, I find this feeling to be valuable. In conclusion, be social you'll never know where you'll go and isn't that the best part, the excitement of life: not knowing what is to come next but knowing in the end you'll be okay. An amazing and happy life this is!
It was a rainy night. Finals week in college with students rushing to fill up the library as they studied for their final exams. It seemed as though I had won the lottery during this period trying to survive finals week with a nose that was completing the most difficult marathon. Despite these challenges, I continued forth to study and found myself not fully grasping mountains of important information until I messaged one of my colleagues at school. In the past, studying alone had not brought me the grades I wanted majority of the time that school year so I came up with a new strategy. My friend and I met up and studied that night from 8-10pm. To my surprise, I scored better than I thought I would the following exam day. From then on I realized, when the going gets tough the things you relied on accomplishing alone can only get you so far. So what was I doing in those 2 hours with my friend: asking each other question, clarifying difficult concepts, narrowing broad lecture slides, and ultimately making the material more enjoyable.
My worldview had shifted and this year 2020 I am now conducting an experiment. I perform extremely below mediocre alone but would it be possible to 10x my workload and understanding by studying with a partner and not just any partner, an experienced one; preferably someone who seems to know and is more experienced than myself.
Living in a quiet room by myself for a whole summer. I found myself going mad, lost in thoughts, overthinking life and friendships. It would be safe to say having people around gave me a sense of ease with my thoughts. A sense of happiness I would also say. In the company of others, I found it extremely nice to share, produce, and create content. An encouraging word, a hug, or a correction cannot always be found in the batcave unless you read this in the future with talking artificial intelligence.
Until that time, I can safely say that we need people to interact with. It will keep you sane and less likely to pass this life away early alone in a cave or room full of worries. That's a metaphor for get out of your head and smell the flowers. Of course, balance is important being social with many people can empower us with energy but its also important to step back for a bit to recharge. As a sort of introvert myself, I find this feeling to be valuable. In conclusion, be social you'll never know where you'll go and isn't that the best part, the excitement of life: not knowing what is to come next but knowing in the end you'll be okay. An amazing and happy life this is!
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