2008 Woodie Awards
Explore your entire life
Don't get bogged down with school and work
Iris Floyd
Issue date: 5/9/07 Section: Opinion
I've spent a majority of my life running around in circles trying to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life. I spent my first three years of college here at SCC before transferring to UC Davis, where I spent two years focusing on my English studies to get my bachelor's degree.
And now I am back at SCC, taking Journalism classes for another AA degree. And yes, I still have no idea of what I really want to do with the rest of my life. But I'm still taking classes that interest me and involve the one hobby that brings joy to my life: writing.
On the flip side, I still grow frustrated because that so many people around me in the various classes that I take are all set out on becoming journalists, scientists, nurses, and the like. I get upset by the fact that almost everyone around me is on this great big cruise ship of set goals while I and a few others are sitting in this little dinghy with little or no clue of what we want to do.
However, I've come to realize that being on that cruise ship is all fine and dandy, but when it comes down to it, a majority of those people will go through with their plans, but may end up missing out and having regrets later on in life for being so school and career oriented.
Those of us in the little dinghy may not really know what we want to do, but that doesn't mean we're hanging out and waiting for the sea to swallow us up. We're trying to figure things out and trying out new and different things. We're exploring our many options in order to be all that we can be.
I'm not knocking those many students on that great big cruise ship, though. I commend them for having their goals and dreams all planned out. And I give those select few a big thumbs up for being able to work on school and career oriented goals and still have fun and explore life.
What I'm merely trying to get across, though, is this: Make sure to take the time to have fun in your life. Its cliché, I know, but life is way too short to be completely focused on one thing. Yes, it's important to get that bachelor's degree, to go to grad school and eventually get that job you've always wanted, but it's also important to just sit back, relax, have fun and explore.
And now I am back at SCC, taking Journalism classes for another AA degree. And yes, I still have no idea of what I really want to do with the rest of my life. But I'm still taking classes that interest me and involve the one hobby that brings joy to my life: writing.
On the flip side, I still grow frustrated because that so many people around me in the various classes that I take are all set out on becoming journalists, scientists, nurses, and the like. I get upset by the fact that almost everyone around me is on this great big cruise ship of set goals while I and a few others are sitting in this little dinghy with little or no clue of what we want to do.
However, I've come to realize that being on that cruise ship is all fine and dandy, but when it comes down to it, a majority of those people will go through with their plans, but may end up missing out and having regrets later on in life for being so school and career oriented.
Those of us in the little dinghy may not really know what we want to do, but that doesn't mean we're hanging out and waiting for the sea to swallow us up. We're trying to figure things out and trying out new and different things. We're exploring our many options in order to be all that we can be.
I'm not knocking those many students on that great big cruise ship, though. I commend them for having their goals and dreams all planned out. And I give those select few a big thumbs up for being able to work on school and career oriented goals and still have fun and explore life.
What I'm merely trying to get across, though, is this: Make sure to take the time to have fun in your life. Its cliché, I know, but life is way too short to be completely focused on one thing. Yes, it's important to get that bachelor's degree, to go to grad school and eventually get that job you've always wanted, but it's also important to just sit back, relax, have fun and explore.
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