“Carpe Diem” means Seize The Day. Do you embrace this philosophy?
I have grown up learning that every day is a new day only when you seize the day before. In short, it means living each day to its fullest and living without any regrets because if you regret your actions from the past day it’s possible to keep thinking about it the next day and the day after that and not actually focus on what is important, the present. I moved to Naperville two weeks before my freshman year started. I moved from India. I was born in Louisville, Kentucky and lived there until I was six years old after moving to India from Louisville, I went to an international school in India that’s motto is “Carpe Diem.” I believe it is a good motto to keep in mind whenever life gets in the way and things do not go your way.
Throughout my short seventeen years alive, I have gone through many challenges that have shaped my view on multiple subjects such as politics, race, culture, and environment but we hear about that on the news every day, what we don’t hear about every day is mental health. I previously touched on the topic of regretting your actions from the past and how you keep thinking about it. This is a basic example of regret a more extreme version would be regretting an action and not being able to sleep, eat or function properly. It feels like it is eating you up from the inside, which is a mental health disorder.
So, to answer the question of whether I embrace the philosophy the answer is yes, I do because it is one of the most important life lessons anyone will ever learn. How to live in the present and seize today then move on to tomorrow like it is a new day.