Before Sunset (And The Point Of Having Degree)

My favorite quote right now.
Well, tomorrow is the beginning of long weekend. Out of nowhere I just felt like I want to watch this movie: Before Sunset. And then, I fall in love with this quote.

I just found out that I actually have a lot of things that I want to do. And somehow, I end up doing things I don't really want to do. I don't know why. Probably because we, people, are mostly living under society's definition of how to live (just like what being told in this movie too). I'm aware that the decision to study here has brought so much opportunity. I wouldn't be able to travel if I weren't studying here. I wouldn't see things in more different perspectives. And I wouldn't meet many people with different point of view in their lives too.

But, somehow, I always ask, is there actually a connection between the major that I chose and the dream that I want to pursue? Yeah, I know, back to this question again. As much as I like studying this, I think I like more the idea of me studying something. But what's the purpose of having a degree? What's the purpose of having stack of certificates and good scores? So many people have been criticising it, right?

And anyway, just today I think, what if I don't actually want to be a career woman? Ha-ha. Years of thinking that I want to be a career woman, and hence, majoring in engineering first and business later, now I simply think I just want to volunteer, write, and still own a business. I don't want to be CEO nor manager. But then, after reading Ika Natassa's novels, for example, I'm pretty sure that I want banker's life or those career woman's life too. I want to buy stuffs with my own money too.

So, as I've said, I want to do so many things. What I think about my life today might be different with what I think tomorrow. I just hope I actually can manage my time to do more things that I want to do. Not what society wants me to do.