A Perception of Time ~ Aveen

Hey everyone!

It’s Aveen from The Random Life of Aveen here again! This week’s theme for Collab Sunflower as you may have seen earlier is ‘Time’ I felt this was another interesting topic which can be tackled and discussed from various angles, as you have probably seen from everyone else’s posts.

‘’People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... Time-y wimey... Stuff.’’ ~  Doctor Who

As a huge Whovian, I simply love The Doctor’s quotes, and a lot of them seem to mention the future and time.

The idea that we all have so much time on our hands seems luxurious in times where spare minutes for leisure are scarce (no pun intended) The progression of time seems to be something we all have in common, and something everyone talks about.

As a teenager, I worry a lot about time, particularly a lack of it and also ‘The Future.’ We learn about the future tense in German or Irish class but we’re never quite sure what we’re supposed to exactly do to prepare for ‘The Future.’ A quote on Tumblr that gives me shivers is this;

“Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or novel written; or you didn’t go swimming in warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly and you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life, of imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid? It’s going to break your heart. Don’t let this happen.”  ~ Annie Lamott

Perhaps what’s scary about time is how, as teenager we’re told how ‘’little time we have’’ to prepare for various things. I feel that that quote proves that point exactly. The fear of ‘underachieving’ is overwhelming and can consume me when I worry over whether I’ll achieve everything that I want to.

 I’m nearly eighteen now and my life is going by faster than I ever imagined it would. It seems like only yesterday that I was a chubby cheeked 12 year old starting secondary school with her two best friends, excited yet nervous about the latest adventure life had in store.

Now, in late August I shall be starting my sixth (and last year) in secondary school. In January I’ll be sitting my Mocks and finally in June, the Leaving Cert ie. What decides my entire future career choices. Fun isn’t it? *hyperventilates*

I was thinking about ‘Time’ for the past few days because it’s the theme but the progression of time only really struck me when I was down the town with a couple of friends after work yesterday and I saw an old primary school teacher of mine.

I live in a small town so it was quite surprising that I never bump into any of my primary school teachers, it just doesn’t happen. I realised that the last time I saw this teacher (who taught me when I was twelve) was nearly 3 years ago. It’s strange how I remember seeing my old teacher on this one day.  I was a month into Third Year and as I’ve never really been good at maths, had been placed into Ordinary Level maths instead of Honours maths.

However, my 14 year old self wasn’t too happy about that decision as I did (and to this day) all my subjects at Higher Level. So I worked extra hard on maths and started getting A’s in Ordinary Level tests (the equivalent to a C in honours) So in the first month of Third Year, I was allowed go back to Honours maths. It’s funny that the day I went back to Honours, I saw my old primary school teacher who waved and said hello.

You might be wondering, as that was three years ago (cries) what happened since. I did the Honours paper for my Junior Cert and ended up with a ‘C’ which I was delighted with, as I technically didn’t even study the Honours course for a full year.  I’m still in Honours and in my Summer exams I ended up with a C1 so I’m hoping the Leaving Cert will be something similar (Living for the 25 points)

So that's my random example of how time seems to creep up on us all. I was stunned when I realised that I left primary school in June 2009 and how secondary school has flown by so quickly. I never thought five years would go by as quickly. That said I still have a year left, so time hasn't run out too much for me!

I hope you enjoyed my little ramble,

Stay Strong, Happy and Fearless!

Aveen xx

Changes!

Well hey there
It's me again! After hearing this weeks theme was time, I spent a while racking through my brain trying to think of something to write about. So here it is..

Good things come to those who wait.. Greater things come to those who do anything to make it happen!

This quote is so true. Things do change over time, but if you don't put in the effort nothing will ever change. Over time you learn this! Its an important lesson that I myself learned.

All my life I have been quite a shy girl. I did have friends, but never really had a best friend. I got worse in secondary school. I would find it hard to socialise with people outside my group of friends. At the time, I was happy enough with it though. But as you all know, people change over time, and soon enough I wanted nothing to do with the people who called themselves my friends. At this point I was so introverted(excuse the fancy language..) and shy that I couldn't even make eye contact with anyone in my year. One day I decided that I had wasted enough time being unhappy with who I was and decided to make a change! I started talking to other girls in my year, and in what seemed like no time at all I had made some of the best friends!

Its strange how your life can change in just a couple of months if you put the effort into making it what you want. So don't just sit around waiting for changes to happen, get up and make the changes yourself, because even though things change over time, you wont if you don't change yourself!

That's all for todays post. I don't really know where I was going with this post, but I thought it would be good to get y'all motivated. Talk to you all next Wednesday:)
Chloe x

Love & Time

"Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back."
-Unknown

I've found a relationship between love and time. Time is a variable that can heal almost anything imaginable. Relating to love, time has taught us how to live with pain. 

In middle school and high school a relationship is a distraction. It helps time pass. When a connection falls to pieces it aches. It feels like it's endless, but weeks and months teach us that the distress won't last forever. Therefore, time is valuable and extraordinary.

We have a decision to make: we can let it break us and lead us into a dark place or we can acknowledge the throbbing pain in our hearts and live life to it's fullest potential. Move on. Obviously it's easier said rather than done.

I connected love and time because of the song "Fifteen" by Taylor Swift. Time is what allows a series of events to take place. So the idea of falling in love to the fear of heartbreak occurs over an amount of time. It's an experience. 

There's a line in the song that says, I've found time can heal most anything and you just may find who you're supposed to be. I didn't know who I was supposed to be at 15.

Overall, time is beautiful. Time is what can change us into a better us. That's magical. 

Thanks for reading,

Guilianna Marie

My Blog: http://guiliannamarie.blogspot.com/