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I'm not sure how international this term is, but at least in midwestern USA, senioritis is a term for people at the last year (senior year) of high school or college. This term applies for people losing motivation to follow the rules, keep up with homework, etc. Simply put, when there's not much time left at a place, we aren't too worried about a lot of things we do there.
I'm about to graduate college, with 2 weeks left on campus. A lot of the minor rules that I've been very good about following are now out the window. I've skipped multiple homework assignments in a class that I'm doing well enough in that the homework doesn't matter. And I've really prioritized spending time with my friends here, because I'm not sure how much more I'll see them after graduation. (This may be very relatable to some of you...)
The reason I bring this up isn't to talk about the last year of college, lest I would have put this in the "College Life" subforum. What I want to do is take this idea to this life & the next life. We really don't have much time here. "Life is too short to worry about _______" is a phrase we hear sometimes. I'm starting to see this passage out of college, out of this stage in my life, as the passage out of this life, this stage in eternity. Whatever your view on the afterlife, or maybe even if you don't believe in an afterlife at all, what do you think about this idea?
I feel like this is a re-hashing of something we hear a lot; "Life's short, make the most of it." Losing sight of our eternal goal is a quick recipe for anxiety, and a sense of peace can come readily to someone who believes that something much greater & much more permanent is coming fairly soon. Some of the minor things stop mattering when we think this way. Living for this life only can make you worry about getting the latest product; getting senioritis about this life, realizing that the next life is not too far & much more meaningful, means that the latest product is comically meaningless. The people around us become much more important; even though we look forward to what is next, appreciating who is with us now is a noble way to spend these last days here.
What do you all think? It's an idea that came to mind recently, and I want you all to refine it, or let me know if this is a good line of thought. As with anything, I don't think I can fully describe what I mean to say, but this should be enough to give us something to run with, I pray.
I'm about to graduate college, with 2 weeks left on campus. A lot of the minor rules that I've been very good about following are now out the window. I've skipped multiple homework assignments in a class that I'm doing well enough in that the homework doesn't matter. And I've really prioritized spending time with my friends here, because I'm not sure how much more I'll see them after graduation. (This may be very relatable to some of you...)
The reason I bring this up isn't to talk about the last year of college, lest I would have put this in the "College Life" subforum. What I want to do is take this idea to this life & the next life. We really don't have much time here. "Life is too short to worry about _______" is a phrase we hear sometimes. I'm starting to see this passage out of college, out of this stage in my life, as the passage out of this life, this stage in eternity. Whatever your view on the afterlife, or maybe even if you don't believe in an afterlife at all, what do you think about this idea?
I feel like this is a re-hashing of something we hear a lot; "Life's short, make the most of it." Losing sight of our eternal goal is a quick recipe for anxiety, and a sense of peace can come readily to someone who believes that something much greater & much more permanent is coming fairly soon. Some of the minor things stop mattering when we think this way. Living for this life only can make you worry about getting the latest product; getting senioritis about this life, realizing that the next life is not too far & much more meaningful, means that the latest product is comically meaningless. The people around us become much more important; even though we look forward to what is next, appreciating who is with us now is a noble way to spend these last days here.
What do you all think? It's an idea that came to mind recently, and I want you all to refine it, or let me know if this is a good line of thought. As with anything, I don't think I can fully describe what I mean to say, but this should be enough to give us something to run with, I pray.
