Think Before You Act: It's too late for regrets

Think Before You Act: It's too late for regrets
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I have began to read the book, "So Much Closer," by Susane Colasanti, which is about a girl named Brooke, who is so obsessed with the kid Scott Abrams that she moved over to New York City after hearing the news of him transferring there. She stubbornly decided that they were meant to be together even though they've never talked more than ten sentences. If there was a limit to admiring idols, then the limit for liking a crush must be justified, because I feel that Brooke had just went over the board. A lot of my disappointments are popping out because of her selfishness. “Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.” I feel that Susane may want us to think twice when making decisions.

According to the text, I believe that you should value the importance of something before making a choice that you'll soon regret. I think Brooke is too self-centered because she doesn't care about what others feel. She left her hometown, along with her best friend April, just to follow a guy she hardly knows. And then she went ahead to make new friends, leaving April behind. “You can never completely know anyone, no matter how well you think you do. There will always be some truth about them you don’t ever get to know," she'd said. It's unbelievable how she would rather choose to exchange a friend that has always been by her side since childhood for a dude who is nothing but a piece of shit (not sure if this word should be used). Making right decisions is really important because sometimes it will scar you forever, and it's nothing that can be redone. I suppose that there's nothing you can do but regret. Almost all the people that smoked had wished that they didn't start at first because now, they are suffering just to quit. I can tell that the author wants to say that it's important to take the right actions now to prevent bad ones in the future.

Similarly, I assume that she had also hurt her mother's feelings when moving to New York City. Since Brooke's parents are divorced, It feels that she had picked her dad over her mother. Even though she didn't necessary moved there for her dad, who lives in New York, her mom doesn't know that. "What’s the point of digging up a lot of stuff that’s better off staying buried?...He gave me a reason to leave my whole world behind," she said. And as expected, "...maybe one day you’ll find out their truth. And you’ll wish you never had." There are communication problems that they should work on together, but if Brooke weren't so selfish, then maybe her life won't get so messed up. I suppose that she's the one to blame for all the troubles. If she would have made judgments that were based on the significance of the things in her life she might not regret too much. "Did I really think that everything would turn out the way I hoped it would? Life doesn’t work that way." Of course, and that's why you should always put others in consideration when doing something that may harm them--physically and emotionally.

I can tell that Susane wants to tell us that making appropriate decisions are an essential part of life. It's easier to make things right the first time around then to correct your mistake because like eraser marks, things would never go back the way you had before. This is why you should think twice before doing something. "No one can be everything you want them to be, " and so you have to count on yourself to create the life you want. The life that best suits you. You should careful with what you are doing because you'll never know when will that become a memory of yours that you will remember forever.