This is a very important challenge that we often neglect throughout our life. We often consider things as "fate" when things are actually results of your actions and some luck. It was the first week at UC Santa Cruz where I attended an event called the international fall welcome. During the event, I met a lot of new friends, most of them who I approached first. If I hadn't approached most of them, I would've only known 1-2 new people from that event. Of course, there's some fate or luck involved in opportunities and chances you get, however, whether you grasp that opportunities and take actions are all dependent on your will. This decision also changes the action of others and challenges in the future.

I personally believe that Plato was able to crystalize his answer on how to live subject to a critical examination because he saw himself in the fantastic imagination in The Republic from the 3rd perspective, as a reader. When I was traveling Japan I came across this book which I forgot the name of, however, the book gave me an inspirational insight: to be the person watching your life as a movie in a theater. We often feel sentimental or jealous when we see others living their everyday life from a third perspective. From washing dishes in a dimmed light kitchen to just having a casual family dinner. Seeing yourself and your life as a movie lets you to see yourself objectively. Seeing the movie (your life) objectively allows the audience, who is only yourself, to critically analyze your actions, emotions and thoughts. Another method is to see yourself from an above, just like a drone flying above your head and seeing yourself as one of a player in a game. This may be more effective than imagining seeing your life as a movie in a theater, however, this method's risk becomes uncorrelated to the reward as you get older, because you have more responsibilities in your actions.

I personally believe that Plato was able to crystalize his answer on how to live subject to a critical examination because he saw himself in the fantastic imagination in The Republic from the 3rd perspective, as a reader. When I was traveling Japan I came across this book which I forgot the name of, however, the book gave me an inspirational insight: to be the person watching your life as a movie in a theater. We often feel sentimental or jealous when we see others living their everyday life from a third perspective. From washing dishes in a dimmed light kitchen to just having a casual family dinner. Seeing yourself and your life as a movie lets you to see yourself objectively. Seeing the movie (your life) objectively allows the audience, who is only yourself, to critically analyze your actions, emotions and thoughts. Another method is to see yourself from an above, just like a drone flying above your head and seeing yourself as one of a player in a game. This may be more effective than imagining seeing your life as a movie in a theater, however, this method's risk becomes uncorrelated to the reward as you get older, because you have more responsibilities in your actions.

This is a very important challenge that we often neglect throughout our life. We often consider things as "fate" when things are actually results of your actions and some luck. It was the first week at UC Santa Cruz where I attended an event called the international fall welcome. During the event, I met a lot of new friends, most of them who I approached first. If I hadn't approached most of them, I would've only known 1-2 new people from that event. Of course, there's some fate or luck involved in opportunities and chances you get, however, whether you grasp that opportunities and take actions are all dependent on your will. This decision also changes the action of others and challenges in the future.