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Hey guys.
So, I just finished my first semester of college pretty strong (thank God!). I have serious time management problems, but I still attempted things I thought unimaginable a year ago.
But, looking at my extracurricular life, I feel confused.
I mean, I joined one premedical club, but you know...such is the name for fundraiser organizations. So I got out of there. I also got in a Christian evangelist club (yeah, I am not Christian by the way 🙂 because I really like learning about religions and different perspectives from different people, but then it got really boring. I just go there to meet those who became in a way my friends, not too close, just friends for sake.
But I do find one thing pretty sacred to me, and that is reading. I've been reading novels for quite a few years and every day my interest is renewed and invigorated. Especially in classics, from Dickens and Austen to Joyce & Dostoevsky to Shelley and Orwell to Shakespeare & Marlowe & Jonson & Behn, etc. I put in two hours each day (typically robbed from my sleep hours) into reading books. It isn't like in high school when I am required to read; no, I find a book that interests me, I take peculiar care to keep up a schedule where I finish it on a specific day, and meanwhile revel in its world. Honestly, I didn't want to finish Wuthering Heights because it was so good; I cast serious doubts about there being better books!
But then, my thoughts are pulled to other things that I might do. After all, reading only happens at home. It does no benefit but to myself. It is no leadership. It is no community service. It is no sport. It is no research. And, by all means, it is no extracurricular activity. I say these things without either agreeing or disagreeing to them; I am just stating what people here typically claim, and how medical schools honestly view people who can turn anhedonic when told that reading won't help them much later.
So I would like to solicit some advice. Should I just stop reading and focus on doing other things in different clubs? (It is daunting because I have a wide interest in many clubs and fear not devoting much time to any.) OR should I continue reading and perhaps do something related to reading? I learnt about library volunteering opportunities to teach older people how to read, book-donation clubs here at college, Greek play recitals for veterans with PTSD at VA hospitals, and reading support to give to children at nearby dilapidated schools or medical centers for traumatized and mentally ill children. Oblivion, until then, is hoped to enshrine me.
So, I just finished my first semester of college pretty strong (thank God!). I have serious time management problems, but I still attempted things I thought unimaginable a year ago.
But, looking at my extracurricular life, I feel confused.
I mean, I joined one premedical club, but you know...such is the name for fundraiser organizations. So I got out of there. I also got in a Christian evangelist club (yeah, I am not Christian by the way 🙂 because I really like learning about religions and different perspectives from different people, but then it got really boring. I just go there to meet those who became in a way my friends, not too close, just friends for sake.
But I do find one thing pretty sacred to me, and that is reading. I've been reading novels for quite a few years and every day my interest is renewed and invigorated. Especially in classics, from Dickens and Austen to Joyce & Dostoevsky to Shelley and Orwell to Shakespeare & Marlowe & Jonson & Behn, etc. I put in two hours each day (typically robbed from my sleep hours) into reading books. It isn't like in high school when I am required to read; no, I find a book that interests me, I take peculiar care to keep up a schedule where I finish it on a specific day, and meanwhile revel in its world. Honestly, I didn't want to finish Wuthering Heights because it was so good; I cast serious doubts about there being better books!
But then, my thoughts are pulled to other things that I might do. After all, reading only happens at home. It does no benefit but to myself. It is no leadership. It is no community service. It is no sport. It is no research. And, by all means, it is no extracurricular activity. I say these things without either agreeing or disagreeing to them; I am just stating what people here typically claim, and how medical schools honestly view people who can turn anhedonic when told that reading won't help them much later.
So I would like to solicit some advice. Should I just stop reading and focus on doing other things in different clubs? (It is daunting because I have a wide interest in many clubs and fear not devoting much time to any.) OR should I continue reading and perhaps do something related to reading? I learnt about library volunteering opportunities to teach older people how to read, book-donation clubs here at college, Greek play recitals for veterans with PTSD at VA hospitals, and reading support to give to children at nearby dilapidated schools or medical centers for traumatized and mentally ill children. Oblivion, until then, is hoped to enshrine me.
