Vibrancy

The vivid sunset I witnessed at the Olympic Sculpture Park today (yes, in February!)

We can all agree that in general life is too short. Time is a brutal lord that controls our fates, yet also creates us into our human selves. With time we grow, and with time we lose out on opportunity. Time allows us to accomplish feats, passionately love, and joyfully explore, while limiting us from these very pleasures. Often I ask myself, "what if there were just more time in the world?" but the true impact of more time would mean more time would be spent working along with playing. Perhaps we would create new things, but in general life would not really change; we would just accept the shift and adapt to it.

In conclusion, I aspire to live every moment to the fullest. Life is short, but I can intentionally live with more meaning. This means meaningful moments with family, friends, studies, work, and even meditation and sleep. Even wasted time has a place in life. I just want to avoid wasting too much time because I have realized during my span at UW that significant moments only last a few minutes or seconds even. While I can increase my chances of encountering a special, inspirational, thought-provoking, or definitive moment by spending more time on certain aspects of my life, the inefficiency of that time spent decreases at a certain point. For example today I spent three hours with one friend. It was fine and dandy, but in only thirty minutes I surely could have gotten as much depth from that time spent with my friend. However I am not god, and I cannot predict how well I spend my time. I guess I will just try to get more sleep so I can make less neurotic decisions and more strategically use my time.

Meanwhile, I keep trying to make life more fascinating. I try to think of three impossible or crazy ideas each day to inspire me to expand my mind beyond the structure and frames of my collegiate education. I also try to keep taking photographs and explore the city. Meditation and exercise are other forms of escape that offer me time to reflect, clear my mind, breathe, and renew. I worked too much last week, so these past few days of renewal have been necessary for my future, but I have also made many mistakes. Nevertheless I am determined to live with vibrancy at every step and snore.

"Rolling in the Deep" - Adele