Many believe we should seize the day (make every moment count) because life is short, and we may not have the time to complete our so-called opportunity in the future. We should seize the day whenever we feel the need to stop acting as others would want us to. We need to become individualists and take our lives into our own hands. We should take a chance and do something for ourselves to change from our former ways. Tom Peters was noted for saying, "If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade." If we ignore this chance to fulfill ourselves we may regret it for the rest of our lives. Of course someone else's perspective may differ a great deal from ours, and they may think of us in a negative way (in other words, they may think that we may b

e crazy). We should still seize the day and put aside our public personas; to take a risk and think nothing of it. All we need to do is pretend to be our younger selves and relax and let our imaginations take hold of the moment.

We need to put time aside for ourselves to indulge in some of our exciting, yet adventurous, fantasies; it would feel as if we were kids again and not have a care for anything in the world. We do not have to leave our families out of our quests for gratification, they can join in and experience this feeling also. Carpe Diem is the need to explore and fascinate ourselves with new experiences. We should take a vacation not only to relax, but also to do something daring and fun filled. Many people do not seize the day and lead unhappy and boring lives. They take vacations just to relax and get away from the office. They do not know that they are just wasting their live

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Approximate Word count = 608
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)