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Eye of The Argus
Live Every Minute of It
ByJeonNu-ri
EditorialConsultant
he movie theater used to be the place I visited most often in a week. Going to the cinema alone and
watchinggoodmovieswithahugescreenandmajesticsoundsystemwasmyfavoritewaytorelievestress.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, everything has changed. Now I look into my laptop screen to watch
Netflix.IthasalreadybeenayearsincethefirstcoronaviruswasconfirmedinKorea,butdailylifewithmasksis
stillfrustratingforme.IthinkIwillnevergetusedtoorfeelcomfortablewearingmasks.Actually,Idonot“want”
to get used to it. Some people say that there is no way we can get away from this virus and we should learn to
coexistwithit.Ichoosenottobelievethosewords.Someonemightaccusemeofescapingreality,butIcannothelp
it.Ijustwantthisterriblepandemictocometoanendassoonaspossible.
COVID-19 has brought up a new concept called, “corona blue.” It refers to a feeling of depression that appears
among people as social distancing to prevent the spread of the virus continues. In my case, I expected that social
distancingcouldnotharmmeatallbecauseItendtoenjoybeingalone.Meetingandcommunicatingwithpeople
exhaustmemostofthetime.NowIknowthatmyexpectationwascompletelywrong,anditturnedoutthatsocial
distancingputmeinsomestateofcoronablue.
A precious lesson I learned during this COVID-19 era: It is dangerous to spend too much time alone, especially
forthosewithalotofthoughts.Socialdistancing(andwinterbreak,ofcourse)gavememuchtimetostayathome.
Then,whatIdoathomeisthink!Allofmythoughtsalwaysrunthroughmymindinacontinualloop.Itislikea
snakethatisturnedandeatingitsowntail.Atsomepointduringthatprocess,littlequestionmarksinmyheadgot
togetherandformedonebigquestion?Whatisthemeaningofmylife?
Iamabouttograduate,butIhavenotyetdecidedwhatkindofcareerIwanttopursue.Thisdoesnotmeanthat
Icantakemytimetoexploremypotentialcareerpaths.Timewaitsfornoone.Icannotstaystilljustbecausemy
goalisnotset,soIambusydoingthingsformyuncertainfuture.Thenoneday,itallfeltfoolishtojustworkhard
withoutaspecialandspecificgoal.Maybethisiswhymylifesuddenlyfeltmeaningless.ThefactthatIhaveno“great
dream”formyownfutureputmeintoastateoftorpor.Istartedtoenvymyfriendswhohaveafirmplan,andmy
worldfeltgray.
ThenIwatchedthemovie“Soul”atthebeginningofFebruary.Everyonearoundmepraisedthismoviesohighly
that I became curious. Watching “Soul,” I realized the meaning of life. It is funny that a movie gave me answers
to the question from which I have suffered for days and weeks. Life is that funny and simple. We do not have
to look for great reasons to live. People live to have a slice of really delicious pizza and stare at a clear blue sky.
We are alive just to be happy every moment. Tears poured out because the movie was like a good friend telling
me things I wanted to hear lately. Do not feel pressured?not everyone has to lead an enormous life to appear in
history books. Until now, I was burying myself too deep in a “goal” itself and not seizing the days. I must return
tomyoriginalself,onefullofpositiveemotions.Ihopemystorycouldbecomfortingtothosewhoareagonizing
overthemeaningoflife.WhatIamtellingyouisinfactobviousandcliche,buttherearetimeswhenweneedto
consciouslyremindourselvesofthesehackneyedwords.
wjssnfl10@hufs.ac.kr
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