Rainy Days
I really love rainy days, where I can have a legit reason for not going out and spending some time with myself. Living in Los Angeles for three years, I often feel exhausted of the pale sunshine on the forever green grass and the agitated social involvement. The group activities: student clubs, group meetings, volunteers, all night parties, and hours-long dinners used to take 4/5 of my free time. The result is not-so-good, I was not sure where my passion lays at and what I want to do after USC.
Talking to people and making friends is fine, sometimes are inspiring and great. I once believed that 'social person' is a great compliment and building relationships and having fun with friends is the purpose of life. WHAT? Sure, I can. There is a culture that being around by people is COOL and selling yourself wherever possible is admirable. But it feels not right, for me, there were side issues in the over advancement of leadership and socialization. "Social" is not a compliment. Or at least, I hope it should not be.
These days are the rainy days of my college life so far, and I'm quite happy with the fact that I spent more time on digging the info I really need and sharpening my skills. I made 50 calls to bankers in the U.S. and finally made sure that I do not myself to like them after years. I wrote down every memorable moment in college to recall what's really important for me as an individual. Because of recruiting and interview, I have a great reason to not going to a lot of people activities and make the best use of ones I decide to go. I became more actively contribute to those ones and reserve enough time for myself to reflect each interaction. This is AWESOME; I start to looking forward to group activities again and not feel imposed to get involved. California probably needs some rainy days.
Talking to people and making friends is fine, sometimes are inspiring and great. I once believed that 'social person' is a great compliment and building relationships and having fun with friends is the purpose of life. WHAT? Sure, I can. There is a culture that being around by people is COOL and selling yourself wherever possible is admirable. But it feels not right, for me, there were side issues in the over advancement of leadership and socialization. "Social" is not a compliment. Or at least, I hope it should not be.
These days are the rainy days of my college life so far, and I'm quite happy with the fact that I spent more time on digging the info I really need and sharpening my skills. I made 50 calls to bankers in the U.S. and finally made sure that I do not myself to like them after years. I wrote down every memorable moment in college to recall what's really important for me as an individual. Because of recruiting and interview, I have a great reason to not going to a lot of people activities and make the best use of ones I decide to go. I became more actively contribute to those ones and reserve enough time for myself to reflect each interaction. This is AWESOME; I start to looking forward to group activities again and not feel imposed to get involved. California probably needs some rainy days.
Very introspective of you. It sounded like you used this post to figure out and write out a lot of things that were on your mind, so good job! I was thinking about doing a similar post too, but opted for writing about smoothies instead. I completely agree with your last sentence though! Coming from NYC, I wish California got more rain too.
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Really insightful post! I thought it was really creative to bring this idea of rainy days and connect it to how you're feeling. Maybe I should do the same with boba...
ReplyDeleteI understand what you mean about enjoying having time to yourself. I understand what you mean about how these college days are where you really get to focus on yourself and grow into who you are to become. I like rainy days too because I love being able to wear cozy sweaters and drink lattes in the cold weather.
ReplyDeleteEven though I am not a big fan of rain, these days I feel like I need some rains because we only had one rainy day since the semester has started. I also agree with that the importance of having own time. I was too busy hanging out and going out with people these days and I need a time to relax and do not nothing.
ReplyDeleteI could not agree more. There are not much rainy days in LA but when there are it gives me time to take a break. It also allows me to complete tasks I would have not done if it wasn't raining.
ReplyDeleteI come from the sunshine state yet I also enjoy a good rain. These days are great for self reflecting and catching up on sleep. However, sometimes I feel the rainy days control my mood. To each is own though. Cool perspective!
ReplyDeleteVery inspiring.
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