▶ Your Answer :
Society has always taught us to
never give up and pursue the goal. Naturally, the virtue of not giving up is
seen to be highly desirable in our society. I agree that all the people that
achieved great feats in the world knew how to maintain their will power and
keep pursuing the objectives. However, in my opinion, abandoning the previous
goal can be beneficial and effective sometimes. The reasons are that it is
beneficial to one’s mental health and that it can broaden one’s sight that had
been blinded by the original goal.
To start with, when you meet limitations that is hard to overcome, it is
healthier for your own mental health to give up. If you keep working for your
goal that is vertically impossible to achieve, you will get a lot of stress.
Eventually, you might experience mental breakdown. According to a study done by
University of Toronto, people experience the happiest feeling when they are
satisfied with their status quo. As such, giving up on your goal and being
satisfied with your current status can make your life happy and fulfilling.
On top of that, being free from the preoccupation with your goal can
expand your perspectives. You can look around yourself to find a more adequate
path that may get you even better results. For instance, when I was in high
school years, I desperately wanted to go to Seoul University. Studying hard for
3 years, I failed to get the scores that are needed to satisfy the requirements
for that school. Undaunted, I applied for the Yonsei university, which
eventually turned out to be the best decision I have made so far. At Yonsei, I
could attend an exchange program that was fully supported by school
scholarship. In this program, I went to Canada for 1 year and this became an
important turning point in my life that navigated me to study English hard.
Hence, throwing away the obsession toward your goal can get you realize a wide
range of other options that is in front of you.
To sum up, abandoning the
goal can allow you to retain your mental health and to expand your sight. In this regard, giving up can be
beneficial and effective.
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