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10 Things Your Commencement Speaker Won't Tell You
9. It’s all borrowed time. You shouldn’t take anything for granted, not even tomorrow. I offer you the “hit by a bus” rule. Would I regret spending my life this way if I were to get hit by a bus next week or next year? And the important corollary: Does this path lead to a life I will be happy with and proud of in 10 or 20 years if I don’t get hit by a bus.
10. Don’t try to be great. Being great involves luck and other circumstances beyond your control. The less you think about being great, the more likely it is to happen. And if it doesn’t, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being solid.
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I spot similarities. Hunger Games v. Harry Potter.
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Hated pink ladies. Calculating old dudes.
Love-struck male hero. Brave heroine.
Enemy and his sidekick. Questionable Mentor.
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”How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you’re carrying a backpack. I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life… you start with the little things. The shelves, the drawers, the knickknacks, then you start adding larger stuff. Clothes, tabletop appliances, lamps, your TV… the backpack should be getting pretty heavy now. You go bigger. Your couch, your car, your home… I want you to stuff it all into that backpack. Now I want you to fill it with people. Start with casual acquaintances, friends of friends, folks around the office… and then you move into the people you trust with your most intimate secrets. Your brothers, your sisters, your children, your parents and finally your husband, your wife, your boyfriend, your girlfriend. You get them into that backpack, feel the weight of that bag. Make no mistake your relationships are the heaviest components in your life. All those negotiations and arguments and secrets, the compromises. The slower we move the faster we die. Make no mistake, moving is living. Some animals were meant to carry each other to live symbiotically over a lifetime. Star crossed lovers, monogamous swans. We are not swans. We are sharks.
Ryan Bingham, Up in the Air (via katetong)
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”When you stop looking at your work life to supply your identity, your security, your control, your fun and your sense of belonging — you’ll begin to build a satisfying, distinct personal life.
From a comment on a blog I came across today. So much truth.
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Whoa. The MLA has officially devised a standard format to cite tweets in an academic paper. Sign of the times.
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Be It Resolved - 2012 New Year Resolutions
2012 is my venture into the “adult” world beyond the safety net of a college campus.
Get into H. Probably the most ambitious and tangible item I’ve hard on a resolutions list. Make or break moment will come a day from now. Either way, at least this will be a quickie.
Soak up everything D.C. has to offer, be it oral arguments, the election, trips, bars, parties, restaurants, parks, activities, and people.
Graduate with Honors. This means finishing that darn honor thesis and making sure my credit count lines up.
Cross off at least 100 things from the 161 List. Last time I checked I was at around 50, so this shouldn’t be too difficult. However, things like “sleep with a freshman” or “take Psyc 101” are no longer viable.
Be more social. I was such a hermit for most of this year that it surprised even myself. Go out. Meet more people. Spend money. Keep in touch with friends.
Have a business professional/casual wardrobe that I’m proud of. This essentially means shopping more at expensive stores, yay me!
Enjoy the job and excel at it. I need to tell myself that this is the path I chose and that I better be darn good at it by year-end.
Pick up a hobby that doesn’t make people think I’m a gambling addict (poker) or an alcoholic (wines). Be it the arts, playwriting, more intensive ballroom dance, swimming etc.
Give presents. I realized that I’ve been neglecting friends’ birthdays. A simple message on Facebook is not enough. Send something tangible.
Learn more French. Losing a language sucks.
Real world, here I come.
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As seen on Facebook. (posted by Homestead Survival)
A sweet lesson on patience.
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When I tell a girl I work in M&A
What I expect her to be like
She’s all like
