Really many things happened today. After having a quite stressful day, I could not do anything in the first self study period because it was hard for me to concentrate. I just had too many things to think about. I needed to choose a topic for my physics experiment project. I needed to finish my Lang essay. I needed to do this. I needed to do that. With all these thoughts in my mind, I felt as if I am stuck in a pool fool of mud. I wanted to run away from my tasks but they grabbed me tightly and did not let me go.
Then, I found out that I was unhappy. I had really many things to do, but I did not want to do most of them. I have always thought that having lots of tasks to do is a good thing. Before, when I did things with passion, I could feel alive. However, today was different. I could not feel anything. Depressed, I started to find out the reason why I became this much different.
At that moment, the book, "Outliers" came into my sight. When I first saw the title of it, I immediately thought about AP Statistics. I knew that I have to read this book for my English Writing class. Without expecting anything, I picked out the book. In the front cover, it was written, "The Story of Success". I thought, "Story of success? That would be interesting to read. But, do I really want to be successful? What is success in the first place?" I could not get out of my cynical view of the book because my condition at that time was just awful. Maintaining that view, I started reading.
Surprisingly, the introduction of it kind of healed my troubled mind. Just by looking at the title, I predicted that this book would be about "success" from start to the end. However, it started with a quite interesting story about people living in the town Roseto. Compared to the people in other towns, residents of Roseto live much longer. Wanted to find out the reason, Wolf and some other people start to study the diet, exercise rate, and genetics of Rosetonians. However, no concrete reason came out. After conducting some more studies, Wolf concludes that there is no direct cause of having long life span. It just had to be Roseto itself. When something great happens, it is usually not the result of one's own commitment and decision. More often, it is a product of cooperation. Community has more to do with it than an individual.
Before reading the introduction, I was having hard time because I focused too much on my own thoughts and decisions. I should have let some of my worries to be solved naturally by the community in which I am in. If I did not read the book, I have had never known that I should think beyond my self. What is important is not an individual. We should all learn to look beyond the individual. Real success is only achieved when I am with my community.
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2012년 2월 8일 수요일
30 Things About Me
1. I have a brother who I fought with a lot when I was young. Now, he became my best friend.
2. I like watching movies, especially comedies.
3. I like trying new things. That is why I choose courses that looks really unfamiliar to me.
4. I sometimes look like a shy girl but I easily become loud and noisy when I feel comfortable. That is when people realize that I have a quite loud voice.
5. I love acting but I am not very good at memorizing the lines. I often use self-made small scripts.
6. I like writing articles for children and I am quite enthusiastic about this activity. But, honestly I become lazy about it once in a while.
7. When I completely trust someone, I start to reveal my weaknesses.
8. I love watching soccer games. I took soccer classes last year because I thought they would be a lot of fun. However, in reality, soccer was quite barbaric and girls soon became outsiders of the class.
9. I love Biology but I decided not to major in it because I needed to memorize so many new and strange Biology words which made me feel tired.
10. I like running.
11. I decided to love Math although I am not sure whether it is possible or not.
12. Eating noodle makes me feel happy.
13. People remember my name easily because it has a meaning. It means a really little lunar.
14. I am a christian and I am proud of it. (although many people who I love say that I am wrong.)
15. My favorite color is yellow. That is why most of my clothes are in yellow.
16. I don't like having meaninglessly long conversations. I prefer having a short talk.
17. I love going to bookstores. I love the smell of books.
18. My birthday is March Second which is usually the first day of school in Korea.
19. I changed my cell phone to smart phone because I dropped it in soup while having lunch.
20. I love greeting people in French. However, I don't know much about French other than "Bonjour" .
21. I like chocolate more than candy.
22. I like Physics but I'm not sure whether Physics likes me or not.
23. My favorite song is "Yesterday Once More" by Carpenters.
24. I performed in the musical "Hair Spray" last year. I danced weirdly. It was a good experience, though.
25. I like buying new planners but I never really make thorough plans.
26. I am a really good student. I never sleep in class. - By Jiyoung Lee
27. I'm not fussy about my clothes. I'm an easygoing type.
28. I like people who have wide shoulders. (including girls)
29. I live actively. (at least I try to be)
30. I never knew that writing 30 things about me would be this much difficult.
The End :)
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