STOP! And Rewind!

I have been doing this to myself quit a bit lately, I knew college was going to be a whole lot of work, but I never thought it would be this much. I sit down after my classes and open my planner to start my homework and I literally re-read it at least five times, shocked by the workload. I have been overwhelmed lately and doing nothing but going to class and then doing homework. I feel as though my entire life has now become devoted to my professors.

This is not the extreme I expected to be facing. I wasn’t expecting to go crazy and party either…because quit frankly I don’t like to party, still I was expecting there to be an easier balance. I guess college is really a time to get to learn this balance though, the balance between work and fun. Of course there is the whole thing about getting a degree so that I can go out and get a job, but that has seemed to fade into the background of this balancing act.

For me being a college student has turned into a huge confusing puzzle. I still need to have my friends and family, I need time to be with them and be able to relax and havefun. I also feel the need to expand and make new friends, while still holding onto the old ones. At the same time, I am constantly being swamped with waves of homework.

This first semester of college I am going to find the balance I will need in life, in everything I do, I firmly believe this is what college will accomplish for me. That and getting hired somewhere out there in the years to come!