A Spiel on Time

    The prompt for my in-class essay regarded whether or not college was worth the cost. I used the college-bound mindset of myself and my peers at Troy High as an example in my synthesis, and this whole idea then prompted me to ponder why it is that we spend so much time thinking about our futures.
    Don't get me wrong- planning ahead is great. It's smart to set goals and work to achieve them, but my argument begins when this completely engulfs your present youth and all the opportunities around you now by becoming all that's thought about or the main reason any action is completed. It simply becomes overbearing. After all, if half your life is spent in tireless effort to make the other half more enjoyable, the average level of enjoyment in your life is just, well, average.
     Franz Kafka wrote, "let the future sleep for now, as it deserves. If you wake it too early, you get a groggy present." To add on to this, the present quickly transforms into the past, which by default is groggier (due to faulty memory storage), so an already groggy present turns into a way groggier past... that's just sad. How unfortunate it would be to later on look back and only see vague memories (and how ironic this sentence is.) So here's to the end of yet another cliche but truthful message saying carpe diem.

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  1. UnknownApril 15, 2018 at 10:39 AM

    Yes. This is so true, but where is the thin line between being prepared for the future and being consumed by it? When should you start worrying about the future? Honestly, I don't know. I do agree that you should live life with no regrets, but I think that's harder to do and act on even though it might seem rational to you. Besides that, I like this blog because it provokes the reader to reflect and ponder their own present.

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  2. Marina MalyarenkoApril 15, 2018 at 3:07 PM

    Wow, this really spoke to me. Nice work with the concession, allusion, and overall idea.

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