Gettin' a Little DEEP...
*Disclaimer* "College-related stress is not for the weak of heart or those who may be pregnant or have any disease effecting their immune system..." [Read at your own risk]
So things aren't going as planned. High school was easy. I showed up and was in the top ten of my class. I was in every activity imaginable and managed to make every meeting. I ate three, sometimes four square meals a day and got at least my 8 hours every night, often sleeping for a good 12 or 13 on the weekends... my have times changed!
I can see myself spiraling downward... the work is piling up, and yet I keep taking more on! What's the matter with me?!? What is it gonna take for me to STOP!!!!!!!! I've never had to choose before, and that's what makes college SOOOOOOO HARD!!! You can choose to do absolutely nothing for class and party 24-7, maybe pass but have it not mean too much. You can focus totally on your schoolwork, never leave your room, graduate at the top of your class, but not do much else, so you don't get into that top graduate school you had your heart on. You could find a happy balance between the two and be one of the seven wonders of the world, or you can be a real go-getter like me! I took all the hardest courses in my first semester, signed up for every club imaginable, got an on-campus job, signed up for a service fraternity, and still honestly thought that sleep would work its way in there! HA!!!! If you learn one thing from me through all of these blogs, PLEASE LEARN THIS:
"If you can't enjoy your friends, and you can't enjoy the experience, and the grades are too much for you to handle, you NEED to make the tough choices, and do what's best overall, or it will all have been a waste ANYWAY."
Stick to your morals and NEVER let anyone tell you that you're not good enough to be their friend, or to be in their organization, or that your morals just aren't up to snuff! Go to college and stick to your guns! You've made decisions before, and you've been making them all along the road of life, so don't change just because that's not what everyone else is doing. Even if you lose a few "friends" along the way, what matters is that you can be happy with yourself!
Live and let God!
Be you! Love you! I know! I do!
Keep on lovin' and livin'!
Don't let the doubt get you down!
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one is watching!
Good night, and God bless!