Hi๐I'm Elias, this's a letter to every university student who is still learning or feeling confused about the future.
Most people waste their youth, not because they are stupid and lazy, but because no one tells them how valuable these moments are.
They always think that they are young and have plenty of time, that their life hasn't started yet. But the truth is : this is your life. The importance of these years is way beyond what you can imagine.
Unfortunately, by the time someone realizes that, it's already too late. When people talk about not wasting your youth, some may think you're telling them to become a ruthless machine.
Actually, that's not what I mean. what I really want to express is: direction.
Most young people's lives actually don't have a direction --- They wake up, watch videos, play games. By the time they're 23 or 24, they will realize the youth has been wasted and wonder where all the time went.
Let me do the math for you:
If you spend one hour on learning a useful skill --- a language, a craft, a sport or diving into a business --- and you persist for one year, that's 365 hours.
If you persist for 4 years during your youth, that's over 1,500 hours.
You will do better than most people at anything. Not because you're a genius --- because you showed up.
You might say: "I want to learn a language, but I didn't follow my plan because I was hanging out with my friends or playing games." You feel sad. You regret. You call yourself a loser.
Don't worry. Planning is one thing, sticking to it is another. That's okay.
Actually, everyone needs to relax themselves. It's okay
to watch videos and play games.
The real problem is when they become Your whole life.
One day, you'll wake up and realize those years are gone. You'll ask yourself:
Did I waste it, or did I catch it?
There is an old saying in my country:
**่ฑๆ้ๅผๆฅ, ไบบๆ ๅๅฐๅนด* --- Flowers may bloom again, but youth never returns.*
The answer is being written right now --- by the choice you make today.
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