This Period of Time

It’s been over a month since the new semester started. As a third-year student, I’m extremely familiar with university life, and the days are passing by quickly. This semester is packed with tasks, but it seems like I haven’t made much progress yet.

Next week, I’ll be defending my national innovation project, and I must prepare thoroughly if I want to secure the project. However, I’m still confident because this project is my brainchild, and I have a clear concept of every detail in my mind. I’ve also grasped the relevant theories, so it all depends on my performance during the defense. I need to deliver a flawless presentation, as the 20,000 yuan funding is crucial for my project. This project will be the largest-scale one I’ll undertake during my university years, and I hope to make it a success, putting a perfect ending to my university life.

Recently, some younger students will be joining me to work on the project. As their senior, I must guide them well, even though I don’t have much experience to share. At the very least, I want to pass on my enthusiasm for the project and learning to them. However, I haven’t figured out a suitable approach to lead them yet, as I’m used to working independently, and leading a team is a new challenge for me.

I registered for the GRE last week. Preparing for the GRE can be a lonely process, often requiring me to stay up late at night, alone in front of my computer, memorizing English vocabulary. It’s not difficult to do it for a day or two, but it’s hard to keep it up every day. I tend to give up easily, so perhaps preparing for the GRE will be an opportunity for me to overcome this weakness.

Lately, I’ve had little time to read, and the magazines and borrowed books have piled up on my bed. It seems I need to spend less time online and more time reading. In my opinion, the most important thing about university life is reading. You need to read books to learn professional knowledge, to acquire extracurricular knowledge, and to stay informed about current events. To me, the most valuable thing the university provides is the library card, which allows me to borrow 10 books at a time, with a much wider selection than external libraries. If I don’t read more during this period, I’ll have less time to read when I start working and enter society, and I’ll have to spend money to buy books.

Actually, when you calculate it, the time available each day is limited. In these few hours, I need to study my major, work on projects, learn English, exercise, rest, and read… It’s impossible to do everything without a proper schedule.

In fact, every successful person is repeating this process day in and day out. What’s important is who can persist and endure the loneliness…

Everything is changing, and although it feels like my first year of university was just yesterday, when I think about it carefully, I realize that I’m completely different from who I was back then.

So, what will I be like when I graduate in my fourth year?