I have spent a good weekend. I could use time for myself. Thanks to this, I could have chance to think about something.
1. Writing.
I was thinking of writing. I have been working on writing, by reading books, watching DVD course, and hiring writing tutor. We can always find the hint of improvement. I actually am thinking that I may not be able to write to my heart content, like playing a guitar and music. Anyway, let’s practice. Read a lot, write a lot.
2. Friendship.
The definition of friendship can be different among people. I was told that I am lonely. But I have never felt my loneliness. I have a lot of friends but I do not hang out with them usually. Because I think that is wasting times. Of course, we meet once or twice a year, and sharing achievement we did. But I turned 30. What is purpose of my life? I know how to invest my time. I can not be friends who I can not respect in some points. I am always thinking like this quote,
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
3 Practice and Reading
I love reading books, but why do I like reading? Reading is something like “Practice” for living life. I can see myself on the character in the book. For example, this is from Great Gatsby which I reread lately,
Nick says “We can not repeat the past”, Gatsby says ”Why of course we can.’
Can we? I do not think so. If so, what can I learn from this book? Can I accept the fact that I lost the girl? Even Gatsby could not.
4. The difference between Ph.D student and postdoc.
Student studies much slower than us. Because they need to learn a lot, besides studying. That is why they need hard work. I have never looked down them because I was one of them. We are different stage.
This is like marathon. Ph.D course is like running marathon 1st time. Postdoc is like running marathon 2nd or 3rd time. The difference between 1st time and 2nd time is experience of finishing tape. Both are hard but, for the 2nd time, we have strategy and know the goal which is required to achieve.
Students sometimes mistake. That is normal. The point is how he behave after he found the mistakes. That is very important. His integrity is called into question.