More 4-Hour Work Week goodness. We started this Monday–onto the next question!
How has doing what you “should” resulted in subpar experiences or regret for not having done something else?
Well, let’s see…
–Studying for the SATs mindlessly for a week or so before every retest. My score goes down or stays at par after two retakes. I hate standardized testing.
–Not practicing my problem solving after moving West, instead working on developing things like how to write a conducive, underwhelming five paragraph essay and becoming a programmer (bizarrely for a math guy like me, I’ve always hated programming). Learning subjects like chemistry and watered down economics bores me to the point of tears. GPA lowers out of indifference. Procrastinate to the point I’m taking networking tests the day of graduation so I don’t flop the class.
–Take the toughest classes the first semester in Berkeley. Proceed to get pounded into the ground when I learn that college is not like high school. Decide that enjoying Berkeley is learning to study it up to get your As.
–Completely ignore social relationships in favor of burying my nose in books second semester. Miss out on half of the college experience in favor of getting mind whipped.
–There was that week and a half pilgrimage over to China I could have taken to see my father with mother and sister in tow, but I decided to do the responsible thing and take summer classes. Not even in Berkeley. In Davis. In 105 degree heat. Proceed to waste ten days away doing almost absolutely nothing except dream of the taste of dim sum. Barely touch the books, although I did get to watch a shitty B-movie in Film Studies. Utter crap.
–Ignore the possibility of spending World Cup summer in Italy with the family to instead learn responsibility and research. Stay in a lab position I loathed in LBL and grade papers for additional money. Grow depressed. Quit job by mid-July after showing up at work only once. Get essentially fired from math reading when I turn in sets of papers two weeks late. (Note: I make up for it this year by taking that trip, but wow, what a waste of a summer).
I’m sure there’s more, but that’s enough self-flagellation. I’m sure you guys have your own experiences to let out.
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