I have a little over two months left. That scares the crap out of me! To think that I have the same time left as the time between my last post and this one. This makes me feel so many different things; most of which are polar opposites from each other.
Time is so much more valuable when is so limited. I was told by at least 100 people that my time here would go by faster than free Chick-Fil-A. However, I didn't realize how much it sucks to have such limited time.
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| My tiny yet awesome town, Ihmert. |
"You build a life for a number of years and leave it for 10 months. You build a life for 10 months and leave it for an indefinite amount of time. Which one is harder?" As an exchange student your faced with two possibilities: You can either just stay in your room and live in your own world back in your old home or you form a new life, with a new home, new friends, new school, new favorite restaurants, new favorite spots, new favorite hobbies, new favorite bench . Like me, most exchange students pick the latter. The problem with this is
TIME.
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| A BVB (Borusia Dortmund) Soccer Game! |
Unlike back home, here when you meet someone new who you think, "damn this person is so cool! I really think we can become really good friends" or "dang, this girl is awesome. Maybe I should try and have something with her." your time is still limited. Meeting a new friend or getting close to someone late in your exchange year makes you contemplate how you don't really appreciate how much time you have until the last moments are not knocking on your door but rather slamming your face trying to wake you up while you dream of the weirdest and most insignificant things.
The weird thing is most people around you, and most time even you, are not aware of this problem. You think to yourself, "yeah we can do that next weekend or the one after that." However, when you postpone things you postpone making the best out of these limited 10 months. You postpone creating memories and further developing relationships with the people you wish you will have around for a longer time.
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| One of the most beautiful cities I've visited: Hamburg, |
The funny thing is that I've heard this exact same thing millions of time. I've heard about how life is too short and you never realize how precious time is. However, it wasn't until I experienced this, this year, that I completely and truly understood it. There is never enough time to do everything that we enjoy. We just need to be proactive and try to take advantage of every single moment to the fullest.
YES it sounds extremely corny and over played, yet it is really true and it makes so much sense. All I can do from now on is to enjoy the last moments I have here in Germany and make the best of it before I apply this approach to the rest of my life.
