It's been months since College has started (and more than a year since my last post, please excuse my excessive laziness to write) and I still don't know where I'm going. Thus explains the title of this post. And since I haven't written anything in between September last year and November this year to elaborate how my certainty became an uncertainty and how my plans became little unchecked fuckers on my dusty bucket full of lists, I'll give you an excerpt of my "notes" during one of my classes:
| This is me "practicing" block lettering for Arch 1 while "listening" to the lecture until I ended up forsaking my course and my life. |
| I tried typography on "Living". One word to describe how badly I did it: putangina. |
So there you go. Those will give you at least four facts about how I'm doing right now.
- I'm having my musical phase because of Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and Moulin Rouge.
- I'm obviously failing Arch 1 due to my incompetent block lettering. I also suck at typography.
- I'm decided (dying to) shift out of BS Architecture.
- I'm back to my suicidal self???
Of the four, I want to tell you about the last two.
Rambling and word vomit will start in 3...
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I'm shifting out of my course (hopefully)!!! I can't wait for it to happen. I abhor my course. I abhor what it makes me do and what it has done to me as whole. And it's not because it is hard and tiring. College is hard whatever your course is. Arki is hard and physically tiring. But those aren't the reason why I have decided to shift out. If I love what I'm doing, those won't matter. Unfortunately, I have not a single milligram of love for my course. It made me do so much just to throw my sleepless nightsSssSSs to waste. It exhausted me for nothing. It frustrates me how my best efforts and forty eight hours of labor won't get me the grades I want and I'm not even aiming for a 1.75. I don't have high expectations on my grades yet I still don't achieve them. It's irritating, degrading and cruel. It made me hate the only hobby I have: drawing. Drawing gives me a break from life. It's like my safe-haven. I've always been happy and satisfied with what I draw because I do it for myself. Now, drawing discourages me because other people grade it and everyone's disappointed. What I used to do for myself now I do for others who don't even appreciate it. It made me hate myself. Truth be told, I experienced weeks of crying at night. Every time I do my plates, there's an endless chanting whisper in my head, repeating the words "Fuck Arki fuck life fuck plates putangina..." I was miserable because I did not know the reason at first. But when enlightenment came and I realized that I have to stop torturing myself and force something that's not meant for me, I suddenly felt better. I have decided to shift out and leave this shit hole. The idea that I'll be able to do that in just a few months opened a door in my dark room. Even if it's just a little streak of light coming from the slightly opened door, it's still hope.
I may or may not also be back to my suicidal self. It's not that I'm cutting wrists or whatever way it is to hurt myself. It's just that I realized recently, life is pointless. In the end, we're all going to die, And when we die, it's not like we could bring what we have right now to our next life. If there is. Honestly, a huge part of me doesn't believe in life after death may it be heaven/hell or reincarnation. Maybe that's why I have decided that whatever we do here on Earth is pointless. Whatever achievement or legacy we leave on Earth when we die, won't really matter to us when we die because what is there to enjoy when we're not even there? All these made the struggles I'll experience in a lifetime not worth it. Why will I put so much effort on something that is completely temporary such as happiness?
The combination of these two almost made me break my hand intentionally just to run away from the responsibilities of an Arki student for a month, until the sem ends. That sounds radical but I was desperate. I wanted nothing else but to stop doing plates. Dropping my majors also became an option, but the idea that it'll make a lot of people ask a lot of questions I'm too tired and fed up to answer made it an unfavorable choice.
That's how I was a few months ago.. I'm a lot better now. I got through my depression with the support of my family and friends. The best thing I did is stop expecting and stop giving a shit. Though I'm happier now, the disintegration of my past plans (aka be an architect etc etc), pushed me out of the road and into a pathless way. All I know right now is I have to be successful. I have to fix my life. Unfortunately, I don't know how to go about it. I am now scared of making big choices especially after how my first one (choosing my course and my future job aka joining the College of Architecture) failed and almost completely ruined my life (and my wrist + writing hand).
I may or may not also be back to my suicidal self. It's not that I'm cutting wrists or whatever way it is to hurt myself. It's just that I realized recently, life is pointless. In the end, we're all going to die, And when we die, it's not like we could bring what we have right now to our next life. If there is. Honestly, a huge part of me doesn't believe in life after death may it be heaven/hell or reincarnation. Maybe that's why I have decided that whatever we do here on Earth is pointless. Whatever achievement or legacy we leave on Earth when we die, won't really matter to us when we die because what is there to enjoy when we're not even there? All these made the struggles I'll experience in a lifetime not worth it. Why will I put so much effort on something that is completely temporary such as happiness?
The combination of these two almost made me break my hand intentionally just to run away from the responsibilities of an Arki student for a month, until the sem ends. That sounds radical but I was desperate. I wanted nothing else but to stop doing plates. Dropping my majors also became an option, but the idea that it'll make a lot of people ask a lot of questions I'm too tired and fed up to answer made it an unfavorable choice.
That's how I was a few months ago.. I'm a lot better now. I got through my depression with the support of my family and friends. The best thing I did is stop expecting and stop giving a shit. Though I'm happier now, the disintegration of my past plans (aka be an architect etc etc), pushed me out of the road and into a pathless way. All I know right now is I have to be successful. I have to fix my life. Unfortunately, I don't know how to go about it. I am now scared of making big choices especially after how my first one (choosing my course and my future job aka joining the College of Architecture) failed and almost completely ruined my life (and my wrist + writing hand).
