The slump
by jonathanlimes
So apparently, there are about five thousand janitors in the United States with a PhD, eighteen thousand parking lot attendants and more than three hundred thousand waiters with a bachelor’s degree. (Check: http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/why-did-17-million-students-go-to-college/27634)
Welcome to today’s age, where 70% of America’s high school graduates go to college, and ending up in university doesn’t really mean anything substantial. This can be dangerous, especially if you don’t take charge of your own learning and just end up drifting along in school, in accordance with your classes and all that your social environment has to offer in the confined boundaries of your school grounds. There has to be something more, something intrinsically arising from yourself that makes your own learning process special.
I try, as much as I can, to de-standardize my process. On some days it works, on others it just feels like I’m wasting my time.
Aside from the above thought, I’ve observed that this mental haze comes round the corner to haunt me from time to time. This mental haze can be forcibly described as some unplaceable, unidentifiable veil that’s wrapped around the cognitive clockwork of your brain such that all your mind processes become one merely big undiscernible haze, and all things good associated with creativity and productivity just go down the drain. Sometimes this haze can be cleared with a good dose of coffee. Sometimes I just need to sit out there in the gradually freezing cold of the approaching winter and let the cold wind pervade the mind through every single duct or channel possible. There’s got to be a way to prevent these random annoying slumps throughout the semester.
Just looking at this makes me slightly more alert. Speaking of which, I was fortunate enough to win a $25 Starbucks gift card from a small photo exhibition/competition of my Russia summer trip (guess who won top prize for his photo huh)! Good coffee therapy awaits.
