oceantheorem | (no subject)

Okay, this is an official intervention. On my behalf. By me.

Many of my friends are overworked and depressed (yes, this means you). This is making me depressed (I was already overworked--albeit by my own choosing. so are you). I've been in a slump for several weeks, spiraling downwards, and I've gotten to the point where it's time for me to make a conscious and public decision to stop whining.

Well, that's it in harsh terms. And I probably won't stop whining, because I've been informed that whining is part of my personality and that I don't KNOW how to stop whining, but at any rate, the basic decision is that I'm going to stop being depressed, because, frankly, it's really depressing me and I hate that.

So.

In high school, probably sophomore year, I remember I made this list of things to do. It had five things on it. I don't remember exactly what they were, but some of the things were
Join Leadership
Become Editor-in-chief
Hrm, that's all I can remember. I dunno. It was all about (then) long-term goals for becoming the best I could possibly be (remember, I was 15). (By the way, I achieved everything on that list.)

So I think, since I am now a sophomore again, it's time to re-make this list of things to do. It shall include some long-term goals and will give me something to work toward.

So here we go. (I just started three of the last four paragraphs with the word "so.")

1. Graduate.
2. Get into Stanford graduate school for my Ph.D./Master's (combined? hopefully?).
3. Fall madly, permanently in love with someone suitable (suitable is defined elsewhere).
4. Become fluent in a language other than English (this means French, you idiot. Take French! Take French!). Or at least make a good effort with Latin (no! Take French!).
5. Work towards a post-doc at a good research institute; failing that, get a high-paying job at a biotech company.

I don't remember there being any parenthetical phrases in the original list, but then again, the original list wasn't online or public; it was just a daily reminder (tacked to my wall)(there go the parentheses again) that I had some goals to work toward. So I think I'll print or write this out and tack it to my wall, to remind myself that I have a purpose. I do have a purpose, right? There is a point to all this? I shouldn't just drop out and become a waitress? Or change my major to *shudder* something liberal artsy (no offense, liberal arts majors--it's just a thing I could personally never do)?

I don't have any time at all. I really don't have any time. But... but I really, really want to join the newspaper. Should I?

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