Herma Bombeck wrote an article about “Live Each Moment for What It’s Worth” where she explains about this philosophy. She uses as reference events of her life to make her point much clear. I questioned myself after I read her article, and realize about many situations in my life that it can be related with her point of view. “Carpe diem” for me is like “Hakuna Matata” For all of us that saw the movie “The Lion King” know what that word means, “No worries”. This type of motto nowadays people use it like “Yolo” (You Only Live Once). It’s quite interesting how this article made me see those opportunities, moments that I’ve missed, people that I refuse to hang out with, are related to this motto.
I remember that I had an opportunity to study a major that I used to like a lot back in 2008. Why I lost my opportunity? I let my heart decide instead of my brain. But the main reason that I moved to another city, tried to enter to a university and study the major of Graphic Design, it was because of the girlfriend that I had. It was a big step for me, moving there and live closer to her, while I studied what I like. The wrong decision that I made was quit, because our relationship was getting worse and worse. So, after I broke up with her, knowing that I got in at that university, I just went back to my city and start all over again. The reason? I fall in love again with another girl. I have wasted almost a year doing nothing, and making mistakes. But today I can say that even though I did that, life put me back in track and now I’m living in another country, studying another major and, living happy.
Sometimes you regret about moments that you missed chances or just memories that you could
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