All right, so today I sat down to write my essay for MIT (long story) and I realized, there’s nothing at all that I can write. The essay wants me to tell them about myself, and this HAS to stand out. But I can’t think of anything in my life that cannot be called routine. I have no routine to my life, but guess what, no one does! I tried writing something about a boy who grew up on a farm thinking going to MIT was impossible finding himself in Singapore now, but no. Every-single-fricking-person on this planet has overcome troubles to get where he is at this very instant. Our world has become so riddled with overused misunderstood ideas of being ‘special’ and ‘following your dreams’ that every one decided to follow suit. ITS NOT UNIQUE IF EVERYONE’S DOING IT, PEOPLE!
I mean, its fine if really wanted to follow their dreams and become special, all I’ve seen are people doing things because they want to stand out, for the sake of it. Today’s fashion is coloring your hair with one shade? Fine, I’ll use three shades. I’m not allowed to party after 1 am? I’ll party till 5. Not because I want to, but because it’ll make me ‘special’. I mean, seriously, what the hell is going on?
Our generation has been following the trend of rejecting the previous one, as has been the trend for centuries, from renaissance to the industrial revolution. All I’m afraid of is that by trying to constantly change the direction, we’re gonna bend over onto ourselves and crack instead of going up.
From one confused mind to another, let me ask you a question: Where do you see all this going? What is the purpose?
