When was the last time you looked back and realized all those moments that you actually missed?
I've just had one of those moments. I look at where I am now, being able to learn to drive this year and I remember like it was yesterday when I was excited that I have my brother who can drive me around now. It was a time when I remembered saying to myself "I have to wait a few more years then I can drive" and just now I realize I can learn to drive this year. So where am I headed, you may ask... Its simple... Time flies!
I know my blog is often about posts like this and I'm glad I'm back to it, you know why? It's because it's who I am. The year 2012 has changed me more than I remember and all that change in one year. That one year where I left VSG and became a normal VI and the things I've learned in UK has changed me a lot. So, in that span of one year I've changed a lot and that year seemed to be the longest year I've had in memory. In that one year, I've grown more arrogant, charismatic, athletic, confident, rational and more knowledgeable. That short one year that I used to say "Oh, one year has passed. That was fast!" every single New Year but I still have not gotten used to the year 2013 possibly because I am still stuck in the year 2012 because that year was the slowest year I can remember and it made me realize something.
4 years ago, I was sitting in front of the same laptop and in the same room just as messy as this and doing something similar to this which was probably playing some game at that time (AC, I believe...), but what I didn't realize is that I would be in the same position after 4 years, so I ask myself one question: "What have you done in those 3 years of VI?"
The answer is simple...
Nothing...
I did nothing. Those 3 years of my life had passed without much meaning. Each day from then till today has been nothing more than a usual routine. I would wake up at 6:30a.m, get ready for school, go to school, stay back for scouts or some other activity till 4:30p.m and get home about 5p.m and from there I would sit in front of the same laptop for the rest of the day till around 11 or more. A simple routine 5 days-a-week, practically for the whole year and on weekends and weekends, it was pretty much stare at a screen again. Sure, there was some times where I had great memories and proud moments but overall, my days were wasted. So where had my life gone?
Nowhere...
3 years of my life vanished like a breath and now I see life and where it goes... No, not my life alone but
OUR lives!
We spend each day of our lives idling around in front of screens, gadgets and things that we do not see beyond our horizon. How many years of your life have you wasted? I've not lived many, yes, but I can say that our lives are really really short lives. Think of the many years you have lived now and how fast it swept by and realize that when you reach 60, it is already a miracle you are standing there alive.
So my solution is simple. Rise up, look out the window and think for a moment. What can you do to actually make your life worthwhile. To not look back and say "One year has passed. That was fast!" Take life slow if you have to and enjoy each hour that you live that you still have left. Words like Carpe Diem and YOLO have often been used but really... "Seize the Moment" and live a life where moments are created and the years pass slower. That is a life where you can live in a different time than everyone else and where you can enjoy life to the fullest.
*time = perception of time for a single person
P.S. This is why I like time. Cause it screws with logic a bit
