Have you ever pushed yourself too hard?
By hiddenwing
@hiddenwing (3719)
China
July 16, 2009 6:18pm CST
I was sorry things didn't really work out...a rejection letter made me to start realizing my world was not so perfect to a certain extent, and for a person who despised loose ends, that was unacceptable. Anyway, I got anther good offer in other people's opinion.
"Dear ***
Room 301
*** Road
**********
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
"re: Your Regular Decision Application
Dear ***,
I regret to inform you that we cannot offer you admission to the Class of 2007
at Dartmouth. During the past few months as we evaluated more than 14,000 applications, we have tried to bring to our deliberations the care and intensity that you brought to your application. Our selection process did give us the opportunity to fully evaluate your candidacy.
The selection process does not separate qualified from unqualified applicants. We are convinced that most candidates for admission to Dartmouth would thrive academically and personally at the College. Of the many strong students in our applicant pool, an overwhelming majority are destined to perform extremely well in their college years. It is only the highly selective nature of the competition for admission that prevents us from offering more of our applicants a place at Dartmouth. This is one of the few times we wish we had a larger student body so that we could enroll more students.
The disappointment we feel in sending you this news is tempered by our knowledge that you will be successful at the institution you choose to attend. Best wishes for the next four years.
Sincerely,
Karl M. Furstenberg
Dean of Admissions and Financial Ai"
From then on, I worked so hard and almsot left the whole world behind. It was but yesterday, a friend wanted to visit me.
"I don't have time for this, as you know." I said!
"What are you so busy with?" My friend asked, "You have already been good."
"You don't understand, time is so limited, I have to make the best of every minute to strive for something!"I said!
"If you are not fine, what am I?" My friend yelled, " Nobody? Don't you think we are just trash? ".
After that, my friend hung up on me so madly leaving me to hear doo. doo doo...extremely sad!
Have a dream or not have a dream? To be or not to be? That's the cynical part! Gosh, tell me, am I just pushing myself too hard? Am I supposed to live a easy life?
Have you ever pushed yourself too hard?
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13 responses
@fishkingback (430)
• China
17 Jul 09
Frankly speaking, I always push myself very hard, even harder than you, sometimes even to an extent of autosadism.
I am to do so because I want to fully take advantage of the time to reach my goal as early as possile, so I also seldom hang out with friends, I don't want to waste a little more time before I reach my goal, otherwise I will feel guilty, so, I feel I would kill myself one day. lol
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
17 Jul 09
Hey there, Mr kungfu panda! I hope that you will soon make it! Each endeavour of you will be a great success! hahaahaha
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@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
18 Jul 09
Oh, if you can kick Jackie's a**, you will the king of kungfu of China! Just so you know, Chinese kungfu will be all the best in the world! Ture warriors, never quit! Sorry,I just quoted so many things from kungfu Panda!
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@ShibbyKid (279)
• United States
17 Jul 09
I think pushing yourself too hard is not that good, but pushing yourself is very healthy. You must know your limitations but still reach your goal. I have not pushed myself too hard, but i have pushed myself all the way to accomplish a goal i had set for myself and made it work. You do not have to push further than you can take to get more out of things, sometimes it could be damaging.
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
17 Jul 09
I just realized that! So, I feel a little guilty of the things that I do! It was not the first time I told a friend I was busy, busy and busy! Some of them can understand while some of them can't! haha
Maybe I should smell the flowers sometimes.
Good luck!
@ShibbyKid (279)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Ha, yes smell flowers. Maybe some friends would be willing to be busy with you, you never know. Good luck to you as well.(:
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
17 Jul 09
Yeah, lots of people like to play with me since they think I am an insteresting person anyway! They tell me that they always would like to laugh when they talk to me! haha
"play with" is acutally used in small children! Just so you know, my English is not so good and I can't find a more appropriate pharase to express it!
Anyway, you get what I mean, I bet!
Good luck with everything
@beho82770 (63)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
Well for me I never quite push myself too hard maybe because every individual has its own limits. It is possible to extend yourself beyond your limits but you have to be very careful though.
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
17 Jul 09
Absolutely, lots of people envy me! I am just not satified and still working hard! haha, So, this annoys someone!
Good luck!
@sblossom (2168)
•
17 Jul 09
i think the world is so cruel in some point. if you are young you need to push you work hard and get something.
i feel sorry for the letter you got. However it's not the end of the world.
you still have another chances.
try it , never give up. if your friend can't understand you, it just mean he or she is not the one in your whole life, just a period one.
keep going on. you will find your way and your world.
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
18 Jul 09
Thanks for backing me up on this! I don't like to hurt anyone. Sometimes, I just do a little scarifice! haha
@tamsuder610 (157)
• Jamaica
17 Jul 09
I have pushed myself so much when I was studying for my exams and to my dismay I had a nervous breakdown. Sometimes in life when we are trying to accomplish certain things its best to slow down and take it one day at a time. Life is too precious to overdo things.
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
18 Jul 09
Yep, it sounds reasonable! A couple of hundred years ago, Franklin shared the worth with the secret of his succsess." Never leave that till tomorrow", he said, "which you can do today." This is the man who discovered electricity. You should know more of us would listen to what he had to say.
Take care!
@xXTrizzleXx (186)
• Jamaica
17 Jul 09
Well I am sorry that you are going through such troubles in your personal and social life, but I must remind you that I am of the philosophy that life is not a constant grind. It is good that you have a drive - admirable even, but we must always take time out to relax in order to maintain good health and happiness. Would you rather be the smartest and loneliest person in your country? Or would you rather share in the joy of many companions, whilst also balancing it out with academics; leisure and family!
:)
When life gives you lemons; make lemonade! One bad experience should not dictate things to come later on in life - it may even motivate you to do better than you had ever imagined!
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
17 Jul 09
Oh, it's not like that!I just think I have more friends than I can handle! They like to hung out with me, but I don't have so much time to waste at some point! I don't mean to hurt people! That's why I get guity and worried sometimes!
Good luck!
@sunita64 (6469)
• India
17 Jul 09
Well only once I pushed myself very hard that is during my graduation exam when I was not well and I had to give exam then attempting all questions became very difficult but I pushed myself hard to attempt all and hence I passed in good marks, otherwise I would have failed.
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
17 Jul 09
Oh, sometimes, pressure will be a good thing to keep us going! No one wanted to admit that they can't handle the pressure! Thus, they just keep going and going! Finally, it ended up with that they made it!
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
17 Jul 09
I push myself too hard daily. It catches up to me sometimes also and makes me so tired too. I know we only have one life to live and I do not want to waste any of my time. I do as much as I can daily, mainly involving work.
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
17 Jul 09
haha, yes! Some lazy people just don't undertand us! They think we should spend more time on sleeping or playing games, having fun with someone. However, at some point, we are productive! We also get more special things than others!
We are good birds.
@ucue2008 (924)
• Malaysia
17 Jul 09
You really push yourself hard, but you know it good to enjoy the moment, because once you let go, it hard to come by. Rejection happen all the time, and we must learn to accept and improve our mistake. We all have something to achieve, but not at the price of happiness. when i was in high school, I'm sad that I don't be an active person and let my frustration get me. I did so many mistakes back then and if I thinking back, I will felt hurt, so I don't want to repeat it again. What I meant is that enjoy the life you have, having more friends to talk to, because eventually the things that make you grow up and learn a lot is from your social skills that you gain from be friend with other. You might be successful with your hard work, but that's it, you have no friend to enjoy it with, and if you fail you have no one to tuurn to because the way you treat your friend. My two cents only. Take care. bye
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
17 Jul 09
Oh, thanks for your response! Yeah, it made sense! haha Have a great day, a great morning whatsoever! Take care, bye
@justbeingtiffany (1156)
• United States
17 Jul 09
yes i've pushed myself alot of time too hard. mostly in swimming by not breathing alot i get light headed, but my coach is like faster faster the faster you get done with this the quicker you can take a break which isn't fair at all. because i think were done and we just have more and more laps to do. thats one of the main reasons i want to quick swimming i push myself too hard and so does he. i say i'm tired but he doesn't care he says the whole team is too. but i'm not as strong as they are!
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
17 Jul 09
Oh, I am ...
I hope you will make it pretty soon! Pracitice makes perfect and perfect makes your great swimming skill!
Stretched and relaxed, you would make a more great progress after all!
@sauravkapil (101)
• India
17 Jul 09
yess i have alot times whenver i angry on sumon frst i pushed hard to myself
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
18 Jul 09
Oh, really? I don't quite get it! Anyway, wish you all the best for everything you are in pursuit of! Good luck
@stricken43 (347)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
rejecting you was their loss not yours..hehe, pushing too hard on something is not bad but i guess, there are some things which we need to focus on, and the fruit of it is much sweeter than your former..their rejections to us pushes us to strive harder and to prove to them that their decision of rejecting us was a mistake, a mistake that can never be corrected..haha
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
17 Jul 09
The rejection letter is not just a common rejection by a person. It comes from a great place that I admire. hehe
If you wanna look in the distance, you gotta stand high! If you wanna stand high, you should except for a higher place. For what it is worth, even if you can't reach the place that high, at least, you will stand relatively high!
Have a great day!
@ravirai8616561 (824)
• India
17 Jul 09
Being a student, I always push myself to the extreme to get better grades.Not just this,since this is time of recession still going on, I always push myself hard to be the best from the rest,in order to be most suitable for any job oppurtunity coming my way
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
17 Jul 09
Oh, wish you all the best for your study! I do hope that you will become very competitive in the future!
