Call me naive, but it was just yesterday that I learned the fallbacks of dedicating myself to one task. For the past month my brain has been running solely on the thought of Japanese. That could be because that class has my most work, but my life has revolved around it. From talking to most of the teachers and going to my teacher's office hours to actively participating in Japan Club and going to Japanese related events, I've not done much else.
Why did I realize this now? Well yesterday I was being taught DCF analysis. It is a method used by financial people to calculate the value of companies. Though it is something we learn 3rd year, it is important to know before comm school and for internships. Comm school? internships? Remember those? Yeah, my actual major. There are people that dive into the financial world, and when I was surrounded by them I felt so behind. I asked a lot of questions, which wasn't bad, but I felt I should have understood the info in the first place. I've been slacking on my actual major, which isn't good.
This is not to say I know everything about Japanese; far from it. I went to the JC fall fest after helping make the food, and there was a social consciousness I didn't feel a part of. They all watched anime, they knew the Jpop songs, they knew the food names and how they should taste. Again I felt so clueless.
After I left the fall fest after eating the food, I went to the University Singers concert. Reminded me of that other part of my life I've been ignoring: music. I barely practice my guitar; I just don't make the time for it. More slacking on a talent I can actually be proud of.
This is probably all just time management issues, but if I say that I'll have to include activities, friends, relaxing time, and other random factors. Balance is something I've never had to deal with and it is hard to wrap my brain around this. Planning ahead to make sure all these paths of my life end in a place I want them to is seemingly impossible. So yeah, I don't know what to do about it.
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