In reality we are caught up with this thing called life. We run on time schedules and deadlines day in and day out. But we don’t have time to actually enjoy life. We get so caught up in “everyday” life which the majority of society has conformed to. We get caught up in “going through the motions”.
Graduation is coming up in about 5 weeks, and it has got me thinking about all the responsibilities that will be shifted to me. Relative to other ‘grown ups’ my life has been pretty easy going. A life with responsibility? Sometimes. A life of deadlines? Sometimes. While in college you sometimes get caught up in believing that you hate school (usually when midterms / finals start rolling around). You somewhat “hate life” and wish it were “next week”. However college is a place to love life and not hate it. Relative to everyone else it’s pretty easy. We don’t have to be responsible most of the time, we don’t have to meet ‘strict’ deadlines, and we can be as carefree as we want. We should take the time to enjoy the little things we do have.
This is a time in your life where you can make mistakes and they wont carry over (hopefully). If you’re working a 9-5 job can you go out and party with your friends on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday on the weekdays? No. In college you can get “wasted” and still make it to class half asleep the next day. Can you half ass your homework? Yes. In the real world you can’t half ass anything, it equates to big mistakes in the real world which can be life or death in some areas of work.
Right now I wake up every morning at about 7:30 no matter what. I don’t know why, but I just wake up either on my own or to my alarm clock. I pay $710 in rent an I live right on the ocean. I literally walk on the balcony and straight below me is water. How cool is that? I haven’t really noticed how lucky I am, but since it’s all going to be gone soon, I have been noticing the little things around me. Such as how nice of a day it is, how calming it is in the morning, having almost all my time to myself (when I don’t have class), and being able to have the freedom to do whatever I want to do.
Life is supposed to be lived in serenity, its to be enjoyed not hated. When am I ever going to be able to be this free in my life? Depends on where I work and what I do. Most of the time a life of ‘freedom’ is perceived as a life of the rich and famous. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Most people think that you have to do this or do that, but in reality this is YOUR life. You can do WHATEVER you want, WHENEVER you want. Did God put us on this planet to be slaves in this corporate run world of exploitation? No, he put us on this earth so it can be enjoyed. You should always take time off for yourself and just relax. Take a trip, relax at the pool, or go for a run if that is what makes you happy.
In the end, I only have approximately five weeks of this left. I’m going to make the most of it and just “have fun”. I’m going to avoid everything that is negative and just enjoy everything around me. I’m going to try to be more “compulsive” and do things on the spot, rather than plan them out. Even though my life is mostly stress free, I know I can enjoy it a lot more.
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