One of the questions posed to us this past week for Do You Mind??!! was "what are you waiting for?" At first this seems like a dumb question. Well, I'm sitting in Humanities class so what could I possibly be waiting for? ...To get my essay back ... for a classmate to give their TED presentation ... for the bell? But the more I thought about it, the more I realized the depth of the question. You don't have to be waiting for a certain event in the very near future, but everyone is waiting for something in life.
After a few minutes of thought I realized that I was waiting for the future and what exciting events it might hold. Sure, I'm in a good time in my life. Senior year is relaxing and a lot of fun, but I can't wait for what the future holds for me. By no means am I impatient and it's not like I want some higher power to reveal my future to me, but I have a suspicion that more exciting, fascinating and fun times are right around the corner. I cannot wait for college when I can finally be independent and I can have some freedom both socially and academically. After that comes my grown up life and it is awesome yet kind of scary to think I can be whatever I want to be and do whatever I want to do, but the choices I make starting now may affect the outcome.
So, everyone is waiting for something different. I am currently waiting for some mac and cheese to heat up in the microwave and in the long run I am waiting for my promising and (hopefully) exciting future... and I thought that was one of the best moments of the week.
Jake I love this entry! And your background on your blog its great. I think its so cool that you chose this Do You Mind question to do your blog on because it really relates to everyone in our class. We're all at the end of a chapter in our life and waiting for the next chapter to begin. None of us know what we're waiting for or what the future has in store for us, all we know is that it's right around the corner. Reading your blog made me feel sort of at ease because its nice to know I'm not alone in feeling the way I feel about starting the next chapter of my life. Awesome post Jake! And I'm jealous that you had mac n cheese ;)
ReplyDeleteI thought this idea was very cool. We always are waiting for somehting; it is the matter of just taking charge and doing what we say we want to do. I believe that life is a huge game of procrastination. It sucks because most of the time when we finally end up doing something it is too late or means a lot less when we do it. It is scary that we do not know our futures however we can take an active role in shaping it. We have the power to be what ever we want to be the only person that can hold you back is yourself and for that reason I say do not wait, take charge.
ReplyDeleteI found this blog post true and interesting. Everyone, no matter what they may say, is waiting for something in the future. In most cases this is an aspiration for something greater, and it is important to have something like this to look forward to in life. By looking forward to the future you are setting important goals in your life that can inspire you to work harder for them.
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