It's Sunday, and today I have nothing in particular to complain about except for the fact that Day light savings likes to steal sleep and I do not, under any circumstances want to wake up and go to class in the morning. My typical week is far too busy for any nineteen year old college girl, if I am not in classes, I am reading (for classes), going things for my sorority or working. It leaves little, if any, time for myself, not to mention time for my friends. I am in a constant state of rushing, I get overwhelmed and sometimes become forgetful. My calendar has for too many appointments and to-do lists. I am juggling my sanity with my desire for constant stimulation.
So, for those of you like me, for those of you are taking on just a little bit too much, I am going to give some advice that I myself should follow: Slow down, take some things off of that list and be you.
It's as simple and unrealistic as that. See, I have always seen myself as someone who is an amazing time manager. I could keep everything in line, my eyes set on the horizon and all ducks in a row. But that is aiming too high. I have too many ducks. They have procreated and quadrupled. I am learning that can't do everything. I know will try anyway and sometimes I will fail, but with that failure comes the gut check that helps me realize that I can't do it all. I need to let some things go.
Taking on too many things is like an addiction for me, it will take a long time to break the habit, and it will tempt me my entire life because I like to do things for people. I enjoy being busy. But I need to take some baby steps in the opposite direction. I need to do less so that I can be more. We cannot be the best versions of ourselves if we are stretched too thin. We need to let loose the tension of far too many responsibilities. I am a 19 year-old sorority girl and college student with so much joy and passion, that sometimes I need to remember that the most important thing to do, is take care of myself.
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