How Precious is Time?

In this content, I could say I’d like to vent a bit, LOL. Just a little bout what I regret the most at the moment. Hope all the readers, didn’t experience the same as I do! Ok, starting from the time I was promoted to 12th grade, which is my final year as a hs student. I was quite happy because my grades were all good, but there’s one thing that made me BLUE. First, there’s only a year left before I end my highschool chapter and will continue my education journey away from family. Second, even though I’m about to graduate next year, I still don’t have anything I can truly be proud of, at least for myself (i.e., like achieving some notable accomplishments etc.).

There came a time I went a bit crazy searching for competitions here and there, trying to find what I’m interested in and good at. However my motivation just “C’mon, you win at least three competitions or something so that I can be known as an achiever to anyone.” I really felt like an ambitious person after that, chasing the dream of “becoming a champion,” and wondering why I wasn’t like this before.

I’ve participated in many types of competitions since I first became ambitious, from creative videos, writing, to speeches. But unfortunately, among all of those, I still haven’t earned the title of “champion.” Sad? Hmm, it’s more of a regretful feeling. Why regret? Why regret?

I’m not regretting having spent time joining in many competitions, but regretting why I spent so much time on unimportant things in the past. In short, if there were an award for the laziest person in the world, I’d probably win it. YES I WAS THAT LAZY. Wanna know what I used to do before I became this ambitious? Just sleep, eat, scroll social media, repeat. There was nothing special like achievements I’ve gained in my lifetime.

On the other hand, I’m also a bit struggling in studying for college applications. Don’t I regret the time I wasted so bad? HUH:). Maybe if I had prepared earlier, I wouldn’t be like this, I wouldn’t be struggling as hard as I am now. Up to a certain point, I remembered this: “We’ll never realize how valuable time is to us till we lose something that actually means a lot in life.”

It’s tru what ppl say, regret always come at the end, but I think it’s still better than not having em at all. I’m now very aware that I just have been wasting time, but we shouldn’t linger in regret all the time. We need to be determined to become a better person, just like I’m trying to do now. It won’t be easy, but I believe I can gradually shed that ‘lazy person’ title.

Since life only moves forward, so I need to make the best use of the time I have now. Every day, try to do something valuable, whether it’s studying, pursuing achievements, or whatever. Make sure that when you look back, you feel proud of your efforts, not regret. Hope all of you here can learn something from this ;). What lesson? Time is more than valuable, do not waste it by being lazy. Try to do things that add value to yourself. That is.