Have you ever been so angry with yourself that you cried? That is where I am right now. Sometimes in life we only get one shot and if we don't take advantage the opportunity will pass us by.
Me and time are not friends.
I am almost always late. So much so that I was awarded the "most likely to be late to her own funeral" superlative at my last school. A lot of times I am intentionally late. However, a lot of times I honestly mean to be on time but then get distracted. Either that or I fail to correctly assess how long it will take me to complete a series of tasks. In my public health school career there have been two major opportunities that have passed me by because I neglected to take note of the deadlines.
The first one, the most painful one, was an opportunity to apply for a fellowship that would have awarded me a FULL scholarship PLUS a $50k living allowance. I am still kicking myself in the butt for that one.
The second one, is what inspired this blog. I had applied to go on a class trip to Brazil in January. If anyone has ever spent a winter in Boston you understand why I really wanted to get away! I was very disappointed when I did not initially get accepted and ended up on the wait list. Guess what? Lo and behold I got an e-mail last week, during finals, offering me a spot. Dummy me was so excited that I neglected to note that in order to secure my spot I must give a deposit within two days...I thought I had a week. I missed the deadline to give the deposit. They gave away my spot, just like that. They actually did send me a reminder e-mail but since I was so busy with finals I didn't even read it until after the spot was gone. The next girl they offered it to, put down the deposit within three hours! Three hours! She must have had one of those crackberry devices. Humph! I went to the office this morning to beg and plead, to no avail. I contacted the course instructor to see if there was anything that could be done. He is going to look into it. In the meantime they gave me until Wednesday to decide if I want to go to Kerala, India instead. India vs Brazil? It's not quite the same huh? I am so disappointed and mad at myself.
My friend says that maybe it just wasn't meant to be. Maybe something bad would have happened had I gone or maybe a better opportunity will come along. I guess life is too short to dwell on "if only"s. Maybe I will start using my electronic organizer. Who am I kidding? Probably not. Sigh. However, I definitely won't let something like this happen again.
Please learn from my mistakes. Don't let a good opportunity pass you by. Sometimes in life you only get one shot.
Have you ever missed any important deadlines/opportunities? Please share. Misery loves company
1 comment:
What?????????? I'm sorry to hear this. Maybe your mission is in India. I can't give much advice on time management because I'm late to many of things.
I remember somebody told me this:
**You make time for what you want to make time for**
I guess that's to mean if you really want to do something, you'll do it. Heck, I feel like a slacker on most days myself. (am i helping with the misery dept yet) :)
LOL at----She must have had one of those crackberry devices. Humph!
From what I hear they are the best thing since sliced bread. I'm still rolling with my Nokia so, I'm not up on that either!
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