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Now thinking about it, I had the same attitude even before this stage, at GCSEs. I have one half empty sketchbook from year 9, and many creative projects that I had stopped doing from after year 8.
I am now on the verge of 18, but looking back at 14, 15, 16 ... I didn't make the most of my free time, didn't enjoy studying as I could have, didn't make the most of those years.
Continuing in the same way now would just mean my all my years are just a run up to when I get a job and make a salary. I will begin living my life after the age of, say, 35. Which defeats the purpose of everything.
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This is a thought which always plays on my mind. Contrary to the key idea of a 'work-life balance' that recurrs throughout my work experiences and chats with both medical students and doctors, I have for now given up on my drawings, video editing, reading books, playing games and so many other me...
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I am tired of wasting my early life in this way, especially knowing that I'll never get these days back.
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I was thinking about how busy I've been lately, sacrificing many of my joys and hobbies for a year as I try to become the best student and invest this time for the future. As an A Level student, my current years are critical- a poor university application or grades below A*AA in my 3 subjects wil...
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As the year is ending and all my homework, revision and university application commitments are piling up, I took a moment to reassess my priorities and lifestyle before 2022 commences!
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Death and disease are unavoidable aspects of life. However, in the West, we've developed a delusional denial of this. We pour billions into prolonging life, most employed in our final years, but fail to value life. The most regrets of the dying are cited as follows:
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