Ordinary People Can Only Pick What's Still Usable from the Junk

The Reality of Making Life Choices

When ordinary people choose a career, it's like picking a useful tool from a pile of junk.

I often ask others, and myself, a question. When you've been working for a few years after graduation and look back at the choices you made when filling out your college application during the college entrance exam, do you regret it, or do you think there could have been a better choice?

The choices here refer to the school and major you filled out at that time, and can also include the development path after graduation.

Some people regret it because they didn't work in their major after graduation and feel that the previous time was wasted. Some people think it's okay and have no regrets. If they had to choose again, they might still choose the same major.

Sometimes I think that if I could choose again from the beginning, there doesn't seem to be any other better choice. I'd probably still choose my current major and follow my current path.

When my younger brother was choosing a major after the college entrance exam last year, I actually didn't give him much advice. From a social perspective, it's hard to give useful suggestions. Looking around, every major seems mediocre, and there doesn't seem to be much to choose from.

Later, he chose a major related to electrical engineering, leaning towards the blue - collar direction, thinking that he could get a job after graduation. To be honest, the difficulty of finding a white - collar job these days is far beyond imagination, and the competition for jobs is extremely fierce.

I have a cousin who should be graduating this year. When we chatted during the Spring Festival gathering, I found out that she is studying tourism management. I have to say, this major is really not good.

The school arranged several internships, and the overall situation was just so - so. This year, she is also facing the problem of finding a job after graduation.

Later, I realized that when it comes to choosing a major, there is no perfect or good choice, not even a relatively better one.

Everyone is just picking from a bunch of mediocre options because the good choices are never available to us; they've already been taken by others.

If you keep hesitating and don't make a decision, you're just wasting time, because time waits for no one. Of course, it doesn't mean you can just pick one randomly and not care.

You still need to set aside some time to make a judgment. When the time is up, make a choice and move on to the next stage. Don't just stay stuck in the first stage.

People always hope to make a choice that they won't regret in the future.

Actually, although this passage seems to talk about many things, it could be about choosing a major and filling out a college application, finding a job after graduation, starting a self - media business and choosing a project, or even all kinds of trial - and - error and attempts.

These all belong to life choices.

But you'll find that you'll end up regretting every choice. It's just that the degree of regret may be different, the time point of regret may be different, and the specific things you regret may also be different.

Life seems to be like this. There are no perfect choices.

The difficult part is how to convince yourself to accept such a reality.

People may understand rationally that this is indeed the case, but it's hard for the heart to accept it.

There's a saying, "Agree orally but not in the heart", which means you know something is wrong, or there's a problem, or the fact is just like that, but you don't want to face or accept it in your heart.

If your heart doesn't accept it, you can't naturally and easily convince yourself to accept it, and you're not willing to settle.

It's not about right or wrong. In the end, it's all about personal choice. Just make your own choice and accept it.

There are really too many such things in life.

That's why there's a saying: Nine times out of ten, life is full of disappointments.

Daily Reading & Writing by Xiaolu 05/01/2025 [Day 605]