A little effort would do

"If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.” Mitch Albom

    Over the past few weeks I've been keeping myself busy with all sorts of things. There's been a lot of reading for sure, writing, and many more. I've enrolled myself in a few online courses to broaden my knowledge in a few technological fields to keep myself updated and on the go for something new. This past week was supposed to be the very first week of work, however that had to be postponed for some confidential reason we should not worry about. Moving on.

    There are a few things that sometimes inspire me, impress me and shock me. What I'm going to write about in this post is surprisingly a mix of all three. There was this workshop about teamwork that I have decided to attend during this past week. The best parts about attending such workshops is the experience of sitting in an auditorium with a multi-major audience who's got so much to say and so much to argue about since everyone's literally got a different point of view. Some can agree, other can disagree, and others can simply negotiate in a friendly manner. Anyways, this workshop usually spans a 5 day period, yet it was narrowed down for a 4 hour session so that was understandable and quite beneficial. We were given the opportunity to dig in with the talk and ask whatever we wanted to ask. On my personal preference, I simply enjoyed listening for this time, and from that I came to learn a lot. I did not have much to say though as a participant because everything was being said by the speaker and agreed upon by the audience so that was great. The thing is about being part of an audience is that peaceful act of sitting back and listening to what the rest of the audience has to say, how they feel about what's being told and the fun part is, nodding to what you agree upon or simply saying " No that's not really it.". That's what I love doing at workshops of such kind.

    Anyways, right at the introduction, the speaker was introducing the topic in a very relatable manner since the audience was 99.9% college students. For that he really knew how to kick off his workshop really well. That's  when he started talking about GPAs. Everyone joined in with their experiences, thoughts and miseries. I never knew how GPAs were more like nightmares to everyone, though they never really mattered to me. How was that even possible? I never really thought of it, I just studied and whatever came out came, thankfully it was always satisfying.  The speaker was a certified trainer, an honour student and a very qualified speaker. What a grand mix, he was proud of who he was and where he stood, I bet it took a lot of hard work and sweat to stand on that stage,  I don't blame him because I know what it feels like to reach that moment after hard work. The process of reaching that goal is a private matter between you and yourself because no one really cares about it more than yourself, you should not bother and explain how you got there. It's part of the plan actually to keep the fruits of obstacles to yourself because you had your own way of overcoming them.  However, you do have the choice to share, but in the end you'd be thinking 'Why bother, let's just keep it to the final moment.'

    Throughout the introduction, GPA was a hot topic amongst the audience and everyone shared their thoughts. There was this one thought that drew me back and caused way too much tension and whispers in the audience. It was that one that took me aback for a second. The moment was centered around a Chemical Engineer student that basically hated what she was doing. She simply hated the fact that she has to do Chemical Engineering and just wants to get it over with and get a job. All she cared about was maintaining a GPA above 2.0 and getting ahold of her final bachelor's degree. Now I know what you must be thinking "Why? What made her speak up like this?" That's what I thought exactly, why bother spend the rest 5-6 years in misery just for the sake of a bachelor's degree? That's not going to buy you a job is it? That was simply the speaker's answer " Your degree is not going to secure you that job you always wanted" Yes you do have a bachelor's degree from one of the world's leading universities in the Middle East, but that doesn't mean you get a job because you might as well fail your first interview questions.

    What got me thinking was quite a lot. The speaker had the perfect reply to that one student "You're making the biggest mistake of your life, you won't secure a job like that." he said.

    "If I were you, I'd try to dig up and find the simplest acts that'll make me enjoy and love what I'm doing today" that was it, just like that, trying to find something that makes it worth the time and effort. This reflects on the fact that whatever time you spend in misery is not going to do you no good anyways so why not find productivity in that time span you spend?  That's split second you spend in anger and unworthiness will never come back, it turns to wasted time in basically nothing so why?

    This is very debatable but from a personal perspective I find it awful for people to live their lives that way, it's their life there's no doubt, but that's not the way it should be lived. Especially when you're given all that it takes to live it well and only a little effort is to be done on your behalf, then I don't think you have the right to nag really..it's just a waste of breath.