Log #5

    Third year in university, as a transfer I am not able to graduate in four years but five. Since the last project is about self-exploring, I know that I must to face my biggest weakness: time management. “Lack of time” is always the excuse for me whenever I face my friends, family, or even my interest. But that’s not true. I sleep late, so my time isn’t enough, I shop online and do homework at the same time, so my schedule is often delay. Sometimes I even convince myself that I am only in my early twenties, I have one extra year to graduate and I have enough time. However I learned from one of my close friends recently that his junior just passed away due to a car accident. This remind me of the water park fire(八仙塵爆) happened two years ago, which caused to fifteen young lives vanished from the world forever. Life is unpredictable. I feel like my life just started yet, I am going to enjoy all the happiness in college and do my dream job after graduate, but somebody at the same age as me will no longer has the chance to understand the joyful of life.

    The time is never enough if I am always greedy to do so many things at the same time. I started to read a book When Breath Becomes Air, written by a doctor Paul Kalanithi, it's about his life and the process of chasing his dream after found out he had cancer. Though I haven't finish yet, a question appeared in my mind: how come people often regret on something they didn't do when they had time or they were young? Prevent me from facing the same problem in the future, I know I need to self-discipline and focus one thing at a time. Furthermore, I expect to learn more from Dr. Kalanithi. At last, I want to remind myself with the quote from Harvey MacKay.

    "Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you have lost it you can never get it back.”  — Harvey MacKay