Well, first off I’ll wish everyone luck in the new year! And when I say that, I don’t just mean it as a clichéd exchange of greetings. For me, and many others, 2010 will be an important year, since it is my (and their) last year of school. I’m forecasting quite a difficult year, challenging but rewarding. After all, by the end of it, hopefully we’ve picked up enough knowledge and life skills to get us to the next stage of our journey (ooh more clichés).
Personally, I don’t think ENTER is everything. Sure, by the end of the year, our academic efforts of the past 13 years will be summarised in 4 significant digits, but there’s more to life than that. It’s about renewing, strengthening, and creating friendships. These friendships are essential to maintain sanity (well, insanity maybe for some). It’s important to study and learn and all that school stuff, but not at the expense of maintaining interpersonal relations. Bing, we have a buzzword/jargon! Let’s go from there.
It’s not just interpersonal relations that are important, but intrapersonal relations too. I wish I could say this without being clichéd, but it’s just not possible, so let’s just put on a pain grimace and move on. Yes, it is about knowing yourself, and it is about being yourself. You have to be honest, knowing what you can and can’t do. It’s just not possible to study 30 hours a week for each subject! You have to know how you feel, otherwise your emotions could sneak up on you. Above all, you just have to act based on what you are; what you will become; not what you can’t be.
This should be obvious, but it’s important to think about the future. Not just about what you want to do in the future, but what you can do now that will help you then. I want to go to uni, do a software engineering course, and then eventually get a job as a software engineer. Who knows what will happen after that. For me, software development is an interest, so I’ll just carry on playing with programming, development tools, and numerous half-finished projects. I also think getting more work experience is a valuable pursuit, so that gets dropped onto the list of goals for 2010.
I think it’s worthwhile to make a philosophical reflection on 2010 and beyond. I’ve made mine, but I’m all out of puff with writing this, so I’ll leave it there. My question to you: How will you make 2010 yours?
