Things to do...

Most of my stress seems to stem, not from what I am involved with at the present, but what I will be doing six months, to a year, to ten years from now. Rather than focusing my energy and worry on a test next week or on an upcoming assignment, I tend to dwell on needing to get a job when I come back to school in the fall and whether or not I will be able to provide the money for car payments, gas, and sorority dues. I stress over whether or not I will be able to dedicate proper time to my academics, relationships, sorority events, journalistic endeavors, a job, as well as find time to sleep. Obviously I have been an anxious wreck these past few weeks as I contemplate what my sophomore year will entail. The hardest part for me is knowing that there is nothing I can do this very second to prepare for or lighten my upcoming load.

Year 1 AHSG. (after high school graduation)

"Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters" - Margaret Peters

I am reflecting on this quote as my first year as, not only being a college student, but also being an adult draws to an abrupt end. I know that I am definitely not ready to leave the friends I have made, nor am I prepared to leave the first place I have been allowed to stretch out and try my hand at this crazy world of making my own decisions and being relatively responsible for myself.