What is it that a modern student covets most?
One view : He wants to enjoy every moment of his student life. He knows that these days will never come back and so he must make maximum out of every second available.
Second view : He wants to learn maximum and enrich his knowledge bank as much as possible. He knows that these days will never come back and so he must make maximum out of every second available.
Third view : He loves his friends and cherishes their company! He wants to enjoy every second of accompanying his friends and is always ready to sacrifice his own individual needs for the same. He knows that these days will never come back and so he must make maximum out of every second available.
Fourth view : He is confused. He knows that these days will never come back and so he must make maximum out of every second available. And so, he is even more confused. He is afraid of making any wrong choice. Hence, every day begins with a dilemma and ends in the same. When he enjoys himself or with his friends, a feeling of guilt grips him. Am i using my time to the fullest? Is this what my parents expect of me? And when, he dedicates his time to learning and personality enrichment, he also feels that he is missing something. Oh! But for the adventures of youth! The sheer pleasure of being in the right company at the right age!!
I can't offer any solutions. This post is not written to give any advice or something like that. The only purpose of this post is to throw this question open to you all, smart young readers. What do you think about this confusion? Don't you think that we need some more frank honest expressions, particularly from the young generation, on this perennial quandary?
9 comments:
You are absolutely right sir. To give this topic a new dimension I would like to say that this is the time which one can actually utilize to give some time to oneself for knowing oneself better. What I mean is that by utilizing time this way one can actually draft a picture about what are one’s desire? What is one’s purpose of life? What is one’s identity? And some of the other things which do matter as far as one’s own whole life is concerned. I thing all of the four choices have their importance. Whether we talk about investing time in study or enjoying life or investing time with friends or even that confusion of making choice, every thing has a great value in these days. Investing time in study (or in more appropriate manner, gaining knowledge) will help one in improving one’s fundamentals. Investing time with friends will help one in knowing one’s life in others perspective and also knowing what are the things in which one is good at and which one is not good at. Investing time in enjoying life will give oneself the sense of freedom and also some refreshment. And that confusion in making choices will give oneself an opportunity to make decision……
So I thing one should have a proper balance of all of these four choices because these days will never come back………….
Regards
Vivek Sharma (viveksharma302@gmail.com)
IMDR, Pune
respected sir,
your blog exactly reflects the mindset,thinking,priorities and confussion going on in mind of every individual who has little time left in completion of his graduation.
i am too very much stuck in this dilema where should i move towards my knowledge improvement or my friends who would seperate in 3 months.dont know what to do.
and cant do anything properly as the importance of 2nd thing diverts me from doing first also..
i hope i and others too make the choice which prooves most helpful for them..
thank you
nivesh goyal
fall08
Hello Sir,
As you mentioned in the post, there are four choices which come in our life.In my opnion,it is always good to have enjoyment in life.Enjoyment in studies,enjoyment with friends or just with self.One should always avoid being confused so as to know what is to be done,as it would take away their chances of enjoyment.As rightly said by Vivek, one should give ample amount of time to oneself because it is through this that one would be able to introspect and make an analysis of one's work irrespective of how meager the task or work may be and in the long run it is this self-examination which leads to a happier life which is full of enjoyment as the frequency of repeating the mistakes gets reduced tremendously.
What we need is to make a proper balance amongst the first three views and the fourth could be avoided by introspection.
Ruchi Gattani
Fall'09
Carnegie Hall
Respected Sir, I believe that these days have different importance for different people, I would go with 2nd option.
Respected sir
First of all for a very practical blog, because nothing in it was hypothetical. When i was reading it I realized that I was really in the fourth category with a dilemma in my mind in each and every second. Always have one question in my mind that the thing which i am doing is right or wrong, where it will take me.
But now i have to analyse it myself and that too maturely.
Regards
Rahul Mundra
Fall 09
Good morning sir,
Very truly said, young managers in confusion.But my suggestion is that what ever you do, either enjoy with your friend or read, but do it to fullest.
Proton Sanjay Lulla
Truly Said Sir,
But It is also true that every moment, situation, friend, have to leave one day, the moments we shared together with friends, books, laughing with fighting with each other, will be making us smile forever, It is said by someone that Good things are for lesser time,
Hi sir,
very touching article in my view this are the most happy days and followed by most purposeful days of life so in this time aiming our target is as important as enjoying life.
confused :-(
desire , needs ,inner calling ,choices, expectations, fun lovin life ,responsibilities ,building personality ,youth life(out of worries)...all clashing with each other in a horrible manner...?
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