I absolutely despise when people say, regarding my major, or whatever "Oh, what are you gonna do with that?" Why does it have to be about what I'm going to do? Why must every moment always be spent desperately deciphering the next? Why can't this moment be solely for its own sake?
Let it be.
What if, rather than what I'm going to do, it's about who I'm going to become in the process? For the enjoyment not only of what I'm going to learn, but for the enjoyment of the act of learning it. Discussing it. Ceaselessly stretching my mind in new ways.
Sure, it's "necessary" to have a path and some idea of where you're going in life. But it is not about what you do. As Max says in Across the Universe, "Who you are defines what you do."
What if I choose classes based not on my career, but on those classes themselves?
What if I actually devote this moment to its own cause?
What would the world be like if people stopped incessantly looking to the future, and lived for today?
Imagine.
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