Why Take Risks?

Krakauer described climbing mountains as an acting that will never be safe, predictable, rule-bond enterprise. Like other risks, you will never know what exactly will happen during the process. You might surprisingly learn an important lesson that you have never expected to have. Or the challenge could be harder than you think it would be. Taking risks resembles reaching the probability that you may achieve. For instance, you want to have more money in order to live a better life. Most people would simply do this by stocking. Your choices, your decisions on which company and how much to invest change your fate. You whether might lose or win. It is definitely not safe, especially when one invests more money, the more possibility of failure it has.

         A risk that I have taken is to spend the night before exam doing nothing but having fun. When I was reviewing, I met some problems. I asked my friend and then we ended up with joking each other and chatting. The night has passed and I still had not done anything or put any efforts into the exam tomorrow. My thought was: “Who cares? I have put all of my efforts into studies. Tonight is my chance to relax.” And the next day came, the test was actually not as hard as I expected. But I got few mistakes that I should not have if I have done the review. Thus, my GPA got lower. Who knows if it is going to influence me in the future when sending applications? Yes. It is not safe at all. I kind of regret after this because I should have done what I am suppose to do before exams and relax after exams. One night of fun, to me, doesn't worth a lower grade when I know I could get a better one.