About four years ago, I was an ordinary one among those who rushed into this charming campus with feelings of anxiety and anticipation. Being a freshman in such a huge and unconstrained campus is totally annoying as one can easily get lost both physically and mentally. It took me a whole month to get familiar with the way from classroom to dorm and till now I’m still trying to figure out what sort of life I really want.
Fortunately, I’m not that lazy and not too timid to try out things either. I’ve done things with courage during my cherished and fleet college life.
I was chosen as an intern in MassMutual HongKong branch when I was a sophomore. Never had I thought that I was interested in and sensitive to stocks and flickering digitals when I led my team to won the championship in the investment simulation contest. In my junior year, one of my best friends invited me to start up an entrepreneurship program. I’d never been exposed to an innovation before but I became quite familiar the process after a month of efforts. I conquered my stage fright and delivered an outstanding speech in front of the professors and judges. Now it’s my last year in WHU, I’ve never ceased to acquire expertise and passed my FRM part1 lately.
As you can see, I did have a fulfilling life and accomplish something meaningful in my college, but the process was so hard and long that I missed something important. When questioned about any regrets or anything I would do differently, I have a myriad of thoughts. I mean, if I can do it all over again, I genuinely want to make a change: Slow it down and take my time in peaceful mind.
If I can do it all over again, I would rather focus on feeing the expectation from all eyes than shake with fear when I stand on the stage. I would rather enjoy the collision of thoughts calmly than express myself desperately when I was interviewed in Guanghua School of Management. I would rather try to seize every second to feel the struggling process than being anxious day after day when I was preparing for final exams, TOFEL, GMAT and even FRM. I would rather join the running people to feel the gentle breeze and graceful moonlight than hurry back dorm every night when I passed by Aochang.
If I can do it all over again, I would do the exact same thing as I did and meet with the same friends as I made but in a total refreshed mind. I would slow it down and take more time to embrace every happiness and sorrow in my extraordinary, ordinary life.
Four years in a blink, I am now about to leave this remarkable university and set off my new journey. I’d like to use the last bit of space to say thanks. Thank you all, my beloved WHU, my roommates, the guys in Class 001, my friends accompanying me during hard times and every kind person I’ve met with.
(Edited by Yue Rao & Sijia Hu)
