Plastics - Weiran Liu

Two pieces of advice/mantras really influence my life, the first being "Live without a lens"and the second being "If you want something then find your source of inspiration and motivation, and go out and do it - and if you do it, might as well do it right." The first one has helped me get to know a wide array of people. I try not to discriminate and always listen to what one has to say, despite their outward experience or their background - everyone has a story. This has opened me to getting to know people beyond their general descriptions. It has made me into an individual who is motivated to find my own beliefs, my own views, on my own accord and not simply because I was raised into it or pressured into a certain side. The second piece of advice has saved me a lot of unnecessary stress. Oftentimes we waste time depending on others to do something when we can just as easily accomplish the task. If I want something, I put in the effort to produce results that I can be happy with, otherwise it's just not worth the time. It also instills a sense of accomplishment within me that my efforts produced results that I and/or others can experience and be happy with. Simply put: if you want it, go get it, if you don't, why bother?