Willpower... something which I am seriously lacking of.
It seems that lots of people do not possess strong willpower nowadays. I know I am one, that I do not deny. And I know full well that the absence of strength in willing oneself to carry out important matters actually affect our life in some ways.
My studies, for instance. Ever since I was introduced to an activity called play-by-post roleplaying, which I believe I had mentioned it in one of my earlier posts, I became...addicted to it, even up till now. The first thing that comes to my mind every morning is roleplay, roleplay, roleplay. The new hobby becomes my main priority instead of studies.
The ironic thing is, I know and understand the dire consequences should I continue placing roleplaying as a must-do activity rather than studying and revising lessons, but still, regardless of that, my heart chooses to ignore the warning of a possible drop in my grades. Logic dutifully reminds me about the effect every day, but Desire gets the best of me and I end up listening to my heart than my mind.
I'm sure that those who are not in my situation would snort and call this as silly. "Come on, you know what would happen if you continue to do so but you still want to do it? What nonsense!" One may comment so. However, it is always the case, where one outside of a situation would be able to see clearly and calculate the pros and cons of decisions, but when you are the one in the situation, it is difficult to make the correct and best choice, just like a game of chess.
After putting some thought into my own reckless behaviour (not that it is entirely bad for me to roleplay a lot; it actually helps to improve my writing, except that I am too focused on that hobby of mine until my studies are more than often neglected), I finally arrive to the root cause of my problem: I lack willpower. Why so? It's because if I have strong willpower, I would not easily give in to my desire to roleplay all the time but persist in managing my time efficiently mainly for studying, only allocating some time for roleplaying. If I have strong willpower, I would not be here, blabbing so much about not studying and whatnots.
My point is, it is important for us to have strong willpower. This does not just apply to me alone (yeah, I know I have almost zero willpower, thank you), but to people from all walks of life. "Why?" you may ask. What is so important about willpower?
With willpower, one would be able to persist on, become optimistic, and manage to get things done in life. Oh, just take a look at me: I did quite badly for my final exam papers because I spent most of my time doing other stuff (watching animes and roleplaying ==) and only flipped through my notes last minute, despite knowing that I should study two three weeks ago. Due to my lack of willpower, I did not push myself to study hard for the exam but I allow myself too much leniency to do the things I like at the wrong time. And despite knowing so, I did not bother to will myself to do the correct thing. That was because of the word willpower. I have close to none.
With willpower, no matter how tough a situation you face, how difficult things may go, how impossible a dream may seem to be, one would still work on to solve the matter at hand.
With willpower, comes perseverance. And perseverance is one vital key that would also take you far ahead in your journeys in life.
Well, this entire post may sound like some kind of rambling from an average kid who has yet to experience the real world but then, I am one who deliberates on human attitudes and behaviours, and life itself.
By the way, I was just exaggerating on my extreme lack of willpower. You don't believe me? *frowns* Do you think I would post this if I have close-to-zero willpower, dear reader? *smiles victoriously* There, you get the point.
Now, tell yourself every day that "I must have strong willpower!"! :)
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