First-Year Student Journals : Alma : Journal 12

Almost Over

Here it is, that time of year again when we are so close to finishing the semester, but are so tired already that we start getting that “screw everything” feeling. Some students can cope with that feeling really well, but there are others who literally carry it out. Personally, although I want to slack off more, I force myself to battle with the few days I have left. I couldn’t bear to see all my effort since the beginning of the semester go down the drain.

You’ll notice that around this time of year everything starts winding up instead of winding down. All of a sudden you have to take three exams, finish an application to submit for a job next fall, figure out your courses for the next semester and, on top of all that, figure out what you’re going to be doing this summer (and this doesn’t even include taking finals). I couldn’t imagine a better answer when one tries to wrestle with so many tasks than time management. As corny as that may sound, I can guarantee that so long as you prioritize the most important things, then everything falls into place. Don’t worry, you’ll have enough time to have fun and, amazingly, you’ll also have time to sleep.

Right now I’m still trying to figure out what I’ll be doing this summer. Going without a job for both semesters really drained my bank account, so I don’t think I can go without working this summer. The problem with this is that I can only work part-time because I need to take at least one summer course. For this reason I’m stuck in a predicament: I need to find a job that will hire me part-time and only for the summer but worse than that, I need to send all these tedious application materials to transfer to a university back home to take that summer course I need. So, what’s the moral of the story? If you ever even conceive of doing something similar to what I want to do for the summer, then start early. While it’s still only April, there will be so many other things going on around you that this will only add to your worries.

“It’s okay!” I keep telling myself and it actually seems to work. The semester will soon be over, summer will be here, something is bound to happen and it’ll turn out how it’s meant to turn out. There’s only so much you can do when you have geared things in the direction that you want them to go. I have realized that if I am working hard to achieve what I want, then worrying gets me absolutely nowhere. Why add another burden on myself when it’s truly not necessary?



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	Almost Over Here it is, that time of year again when we are so close to finishing the semester, but are so tired already that we start getting that “screw everything” feeling. Some students can cope with that feeling really well, but there are others who literally carry it out. Personally, although I want to slack off more, I force myself to battle with the few days I have left. I couldn’t bear to see all my effort since the beginning of the semester go down the drain. You’ll notice that around this time of year everything starts winding up instead of winding down. All of a sudden you have to take three exams, finish an application to submit for a job next fall, figure out your courses for the next semester and, on top of all that, figure out what you’re going to be doing this summer (and this doesn’t even include taking finals). I couldn’t imagine a better answer when one tries to wrestle with so many tasks than time management. As corny as that may sound, I can guarantee that so long as you prioritize the most important things, then everything falls into place. Don’t worry, you’ll have enough time to have fun and, amazingly, you’ll also have time to sleep. Right now I’m still trying to figure out what I’ll be doing this summer. Going without a job for both semesters really drained my bank account, so I don’t think I can go without working this summer. The problem with this is that I can only work part-time because I need to take at least one summer course. For this reason I’m stuck in a predicament: I need to find a job that will hire me part-time and only for the summer but worse than that, I need to send all these tedious application materials to transfer to a university back home to take that summer course I need. So, what’s the moral of the story? If you ever even conceive of doing something similar to what I want to do for the summer, then start early. While it’s still only April, there will be so many other things going on around you that this will only add to your worries. “It’s okay!” I keep telling myself and it actually seems to work. The semester will soon be over, summer will be here, something is bound to happen and it’ll turn out how it’s meant to turn out. There’s only so much you can do when you have geared things in the direction that you want them to go. I have realized that if I am working hard to achieve what I want, then worrying gets me absolutely nowhere. Why add another burden on myself when it’s truly not necessary?