"In this last blog I will try to take the task that was put on me. I may mess up, but I think it will be fun to try. I want to tell all of you how I am very not sad that the end of the year is here. I can not wait for the warm sun to beat down on my face as I chill all day. All of my days will be spent with my friends. I am very happy that I will have three months of fun. I am quite happy I will spend my time in bed (to sleep of course), the fan in a twirl over my head. I love the fact that I only have one more year of high school. I feel like life is so fast now, and I want to just stop at times to live for now. Life is short, and at times it is hard, but it is how you act in the time you are here, not what comes later, that makes you great."
This was my attempt at writing a blog post with only one syllable. As you can see, it was a very futile attempt. However, I really was trying to make a point. In some of my posts, I may have come off as nostalgic. During the second semester of junior year, I have started the college process, like many of my peers. However, As I have been going through this process, I've come to realize that while we are all so caught up in our futures, we aren't taking enough time in the present. Sometimes when I'm sitting alone, just thinking, I miss the days of my childhood, and how I didn't have a care in the world. I don't want that to happen again as I move into the stage of my life. High school is supposed be full of our best memories, and I don't want to rush through it all, so worried about the future that I'm not appreciating the present. Now, I'm not trying to say we shouldn't try to plan the future completely. In all honesty, that would be foolish. However, all of the over-planning and competition that our school perpetuates just doesn't make sense. I myself have made plans for myself, but that doesn't mean that they won't change. How can people ask what I want to do with my life when I'm just trying to make it through the day? So really, while I am satisfied with my plans at the moment, who's to say that they won't change in 5 years, or 10 years, or 20 years? My attempts to plan everything are just...futile. I'm just trying not to get too caught up in the future and live in the present. Life is moving fast as it is, and it's only going to get faster. So while I'm going to be doing a lot of different things this summer, I'm also going to try and do things that are essentially pointless. This is my last summer of high school, and I don't want to miss anything because I was so caught up in the future. I'm just going to try to have a great summer, though in the end it might just be a futile attempt. Only time will tell.
Have a great summer everybody.
I actually thought you're one syllable writing was very good. I think everyone can relate on some level to daunting task of entering the "real world", but yet still trying to make as much as you can out of the last year in highschool.
ReplyDeleteThis post definitely reminds me of how little time we have left until we go off to college. It's kind of sad that this will be our our last summer until we graduate.
ReplyDeleteGreat post Tahar. I am actually very excited to go to college, but like you said I hope I can separate that excitement from my current day to day life.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your sentiments and foresight -- especially in how things can change. I thought I would be going to someplace for college at the end of junior year and I ended up choosing someplace totally different. Keep your mind open and good luck!
ReplyDeleteThis post is so moving, Tahar! It brought tears to my eyes. No, not really.
ReplyDeleteBut I agree with all your sentiments, and the advice that you give. Great post! (Also your one syllable writing wasn't bad at all... :P)
Can you believe it bro? We're almost official adults. scary stuff. Exciting, but also kinda scary.
ReplyDeleteNow that graduation is in less than a week, I completely understand what your talking about. I've been looking forward to college for a long time, but now that it is just over the horizon, I find myself becoming nostalgic over the smallest of things.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really sweet and thoughtful post. Nice job!
I agree with Otter: your one-syllable paragraph was very well done! It's not easy.
ReplyDeleteVery sweet post. My wish for you and all your classmates is that your whole life will be dotted with "best memories." If you play your cards right, every stage of life can be a highlight of your life.
Great post! First off, your one syllable paragraph was actually pretty damn good and a great way to start your post. I totally agree with you, it can get really annoying always looking to wards the future and preparing for it instead of just living for and enjoying the present. Summer is a great time re-prioritize for the better, if only for a little while.
ReplyDeleteMono-syllabic writing is over-rated. Why limit yourself to the dregs of the English language when you could bask in the light of the diverse vocabulary available to you, with all of its syllables.
ReplyDeleteNice attempt, but I respect you more knowing it is difficult for you to do this.
Great post! I know how you feel when you're so caught up in college and your future. We might as well make good memories with the people we love while we're still young. Summer is always a great time to do that and I hope to make the best of it this summer.
ReplyDeleteAlso, nice one-syllable paragraph. It must've been tough, but I think you pulled it off well.
I enjoyed the reflection in your post. I hope that you do end up making the most of the present. I think that, at places like Uni especially, students tend to lean too far towards the future and disregard the present. I am guilty of this. I wish I had balanced day-to-day living and goals for the future better, but I guess in the end it depends on how you want to prioritize things. And if you believe the end justifies the means. If I had really *believed* in what Lisa M. said [that everyone IS GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE] then I probably wouldn't have pulled those all-nighters for writing papers or finishing calc homework. I would've slept in more often. Had more free periods. Still, what's done is done, and here I am -- a Uni "alum" trying to not fail NFW class by squeezing in a few more comments the night of graduation. I hope this won't be you or any other rising senior a year from now. Best of luck :)
ReplyDeleteReally like this post! Especially the sentence " I can not wait for the warm sun to beat down on my face as I chill all day". I don't know why, but I like that sentence a lot! I'm not excited at all about growing up. I think, along with not living in the future, it's important not to live in the past.
ReplyDeleteGood post tahar, your one syllable paragraph was really great. I feel like I am looking at the future too much right now as well. I think that because of our school environment we never take the time to enjoy the present.
ReplyDeleteThe one syllable paragraph is something I can imagine you saying. Although worrying about your future is important remember. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Doing nothing this summer sounds like an awesome idea.
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