6.
The Sliding Doors
Effect
Isn’t it strange how
one thing we do can change the course of our lives forever? If I choose to go
to Newcastle University like the rest of my friends, I might end up of a path
of self-destruction (and probably devastation in my case). Going out all the
time and not working at all. Or perhaps I will end up being a complete work-a-holic
and be really successful with loads of money and cars. Or I could go to
Liverpool University and have a balance between work and play, but then end up
in a job that I hate. Although the exact opposite could happen, just depending
on what opportunities I accept, and which ones I reject. Oh the choices and decisions.
Which is the right one to take?
I suppose its sort of
a ‘Sliding Doors” Effect. Anyone who has seen the film will understand, and if
you haven’t then go watch it now. If Gwen had missed that train then she
wouldn’t have got home in time for her to find her boyfriend in bed with
another woman. And if she had never done that then she wouldn’t have kicked him
out, and wouldn’t have ended up with the Scottish guy, who happened to be the
one for her. If she had caught the train on time, then she would have kicked
the adulterous one out quicker so she could find the Scottish man earlier, and
be happier for longer. Even though she thought finding her boyfriend was
probably a very bad incident at the time, it probably was the best thing in the
long run. These bad incidents that happen are sometimes the key to opening
another door, and most likely a better one.
So it looks like this
post has kind of two messages. One: how do you know which opportunity is the
right one? Two: look on the positive side if you’ve found your boyfriend
cheating on you.
Back to the initial
message, that it is hard to know what decisions to make, and whether you should
stay at home to finish that essay, or go out for a “quick drink” (which, in my
experience, is actually impossible), but you just have to live it day by day
and try and make the right decisions. So, yeah, stay in and finish the essay
because then you’ll feel much better about yourself. You’ll come to find a
balance between the things you love to do and the things you have to do. But
when either side weighs more than the other, that’s when you know you’ve got a
problem.
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