Background:
I was reading my friend Roger (Siow) talking about wasting time in a view of having fun and enjoying it.
That reminded me of many experiences where people tell me that I am wasting time.
I sincerely beg to differ and agree with Roger.
Perhaps I'm silly, perhaps I need to learn, perhaps I'm arrogant, perhaps its not my time yet. Either way, I believe in individuality and making things happen when I want to, not just because someone told me to.
I do not have time to make money like some other when I was 12 because I like to enjoy the flowers of youth. I was unable to be productive in SAF or NUS because I wasn't given the opportunity. I didn't finish my PhD for the same reasons.
Either way, I learnt something and I'm using that experience now to help others. Most evidently, I advised my cousin on her PhD program and she thanked me for talking her into it.
So, all in all, we cannot deem that someone is wasting time. If you think someone can do something better, tell them the better way. Show them the better way. Or, just let them be, because for all you know, they saw through things you missed. I definitely believed in that. I believe my childhood running around trees and sand was wonderful and had wished that if only my sister and brother went through the same amount of fun before elementary school.
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