The future is my destiny

This summer is a strange one. I have never been so different. Probably because of broken friendships which made me redefine my purpose of life.

But pretty much this summer’s been packed with a lot of thinking, not too much other activities otherwise.

List of significant things I’ve done thus far:

• Found many books related to my major and read quite a lot of psychology and self-help books, magazines and articles including: Sciam Mind, Popular Photography, Psychology Today, Japanese fashion magazines (e.g. Kera, Nono, Kera Maniax), and other things. I don’t exactly see a need to keep track of all the books I’ve read, because unless I will use them in the future for essays, I won’t be needing those again.
• I started playing application games on Facebook and I’m addicted! Vampire Wars is really addicting because it has a time limit and while I wait, I actually get to do other things. I know gaining points or numbers are merely a delusional way of killing time, but I still find it somewhat interesting because there’s a lot of players in this game, because it’s a social game that doesn’t require a lot of communication. It’s a fairly ironic thing. Restaurant City and Pet Society are the two other Facebook games which are almost exactly the kinds of games that you expect to see on Nintendo DS series but for free.
• Listening to indie music and discovered new bands including: Glasvegas, Late Night Alumni and The New Cities.
• Changed my bad sleeping habit…at least for now. =D

From briefly reading The Happiness Revolution: Creating Balance and Harmony in Your Life, I’ve realized how having too many options in life can make you unhappy because you think there’s something or options that you should have but under the circumstances, you can’t have it all.

Or, that there are too many options, that you can’t simply settle with one and be happy with it forever. Such as your interests. You many have many interests, but you can’t really settle down for the best major or career because there are simply a lot of options available for your multiple interests. And not having to experience the possibilities, one can, in fact, long for something that they’ve never experienced. And with the “grass is greener on the other side” conception, people can be unhappy as a result of too many options which they could have chosen, but is unable to choose all. When the people are struggling, they may resent what they’ve chosen or decided to do. But hey if you think about it, you can also chose the next step that will bring you forward, without rewinding what you should or could have done.

Even though you might believe that there is only one thing for you. That is untrue because there’s just many other options available that are probably just as good or even better but they only exist to you once you discover them. However, searching for something better can make you unhappy too. But the most important thing is appreciate what you already have. Of course there’s many things that could have been better, but realizing that what is already existent in your life that makes you an individual and unique–your identity as a result of experience is priceless.

So to speak, life is endless; the good and bad happens; nothing is perfect but if you want it perfect, you just need to look forward and make the right step ahead!

So I’ve been watiting for this episode, but for too long. After 74 episodes they finally…FINALLY confessed their love which is long overdue. But I guess the fans are all excited for further development.