A Pleasant Inconvenience
The weekend is finally here. This week has been the longest in quite some time and next week is just as busy. But for 2 days I have the ability to make the next week less stressful by doing a few assignments here and there.
See, my biggest problem is that I hate when things build-up on me. I can’t for the life of me do 5 things for 1 day. I need weeks to write a paper and can’t study for a test the night before no matter how easy it is. So although I have my fun on the weekends I like getting my stuff together for the week.
BUT…
This weekend my friends are coming to visit and so thus I must decide which is more important. And of course I choose my friends. See, it was hard to move away from friends in high school but it was even harder leaving my friends from Marquette. I was so used to being able to go to their room whenever I wanted. I was so used to living with them and then I transferred. So now when my friends come and visit I spend all the time I can with them because, hey, the relationships and friendships you have are what shape your life. And studying is important but people are more so. A diploma can not provide a shoulder to cry on, it can not hug you when you need one. That is the job of your family and friends.
BUT…
It will be one helluva week next week and at least the Packers are sucking this season so I won’t have any distractions on Sunday.
posted by Mariam @ 11/12/2005 08:26:00 PM
2 Comments:
I commend your attitude about school versus people. You seem grounded and uncharacteristically for an undergraduate student (at least based upon my own observations). If more people were like you, the world would be a happier place. I am the type of person that is driven by the present and tends to neglect friends from the past. Like you, I transferred here this past year. I miss my friends from North Central College, and I hope to visit them, but it always seems that more immediately schoolwork wins out. It is weird to think about all of the people that we have promised to keep in touch with have become a distant memory.
On the other front, regarding assignment buildup, I am the opposite of you. I feed off the constant pressure to get many things done in a day. During the week, my life is dedicated to schoolwork. I can sit down at a computer and type many pages straight without stopping. On the weekends, however, I generally cannot sit down and do homework for too long before becoming frustrated. I do it all on Saturday and Sunday mornings and evenings, but other than that, try to avoid it. Although it seems that schoolwork is always on my mind, I get through the weekend by thinking about it and then putting it off until next week.
I am definitely going to have to agree with Chad about commending your attitude regarding school and relationships. Like both of you, I also transferred in this year from Kalamazoo College in Michigan. It’s so hard to stay focused on what really is important in your life when you have so much societal pressure to do well in school and make good money and have a successful life. This is something I grapple with on a regular basis. My perfectionist ways constantly nag me to stay on task when my spontaneous self wants to have some fun. I’m so glad to here that you chose your friends over your schoolwork (not to trivialize school at all). Whenever I’m trying to decide whether or not to do something fun in place of homework, I always think, “Will I remember my midterm grade in Zoology three years from now? Or will I remember how much fun I had at the Bon Jovi concert the night before?” And while some may call me irresponsible and ‘a typical teenager,’ if I’ve learned anything over the last couple years, it’s definitely to live in the present because that’s all we have right now. I love it when people say, “You think you’re invincible, you should really focus,” because that is exactly how I want to feel. (Not to plug my blog or anything, but you can read my thoughts about this on one of my previous free posts) Although, I also agree with Chad that the past is a part of you that you shouldn’t forget. When you place too much pressure on the future and what you should be doing, you tend to lose sight of what really matters. (P.S. I’m not a slacker I promise, and I’m not trying to convince you to not study for your midterms…stay in school and don’t do drugs…)
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