My greatest takeaway from the past 2 months in army was the ability to appreciate my family about an infinite times more. Honestly, my eyes were really opened as to the good fortune that I have to have my family being there for me, and my eyes were at the same time made to water as I started sobbing uncontrollably one day on a cab to white sands after I felt that I have taken my mom for granted too many times and that I really need to appreciate her alot more.

I guess for people who do not have a specific ambition in the army because there is no point seeing as these 2 years do not have any major effect on the rest of your life, and also because SAF stands for Serve and Fu**off, things like these that strike you and make you see the light are the benefits that you get from army. Simultaneously, you learn to manage your time right down to every single hour because you only have that many bookout days to spend with your friends and family.

Then again, you don't get to organize the schedules of other people...

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