WOW! Second week of the semester....it's supposed to get easier, right? Wrong! This semester is really going to test me in so many ways. It's going to test my time management skills, my dedication to certain commitments, my study skills..the list goes on and on. But, I will get through it- I hope.
Classes this semester are going to be tough but I'm hoping that because it all pertains to what I want to do with my life that I eventually find it more interesting then anything; that way it wont feel so much like "work."
Aside from school work there is so much more going on. Work, church, the aquarium volunteer work, the gym, clubs, and somewhere in there a social life happens too. It seems like a lot- if I were to share my day planner with you it would look like a lot too but most of it is so much fun. I really only get stressed out when I do so much stuff I don't pencil in time to do my actual homework. But doing things like the aquarium sleep overs are fun- not demanding or hard or stressful...just fun. Same thing with all my other volunteer work- its rewarding and feels good and puts me in a great mood. Church and all my other bible studies- same story... spending time with God and learning his word is relaxing, interesting, rewarding, awesome...the list goes on. But none of it ever feels like "work." Sometimes even my job doesn't feel like work...because giving tours is so fun to me that I don't feel like I'm doing some stressful thing. I just feel like I'm walking around campus showing it off. The only time I ever get overwhelmed or stressed out with all of this is when I am having so much fun with my extra activities that there are times where I don't feel like I've given myself enough time for homework. So I rush to the library between classes, or activities to get it done- which just makes my days feel looooong when I leave my apartment in the morning and don't come home till later that night. But I probably did a lot of fun things in that time that make up for the 3 hours spent in the library.
Most of my days feel long- they are so filled with so much great stuff and I am tiered every night. Sometimes it gets hard to have my own time, or to just be by myself to think. I have a hard time saying "no" to people, so when they ask me to do something with them, or need my help with something if I don't have something else planned then I go for it. Why not right? I have nothing else to do--then I realize when I havn't had time for myself in 2 weeks that it's because I do so much with my time that I forget to schedule in "me time." Which has always kinda been a problem with me. I get so bored quick that I love to have a full schedule and have so many different activities planned. Granted that doens't leave much room for spontaneity or anything but at least I always have something to so.
I think this semester one of my goal should be to leave some space open and that way I have two options...I can have me time or when someone wants to do something out of the blue I have the room to do it. But in order to have that open space I need to turn somethings away and say no to some things....which is hard on its own. Easier said than done right? Totally.
Well, that's where I'm coming from so far in this semester....it's going to be a fun time. A lot going on, and long days...but a fun time. I hope everyone else is doing well and all have had a great first month of this year! Can't believe tomorrow is February already! Crazy!
xoxoxoxox- Jess
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