Yes, I know that school JUST started. Like seriously, how long have you been back- a week?
However, for the rest of society it is the last hurrah of summer. Time to have one last barbecue, time to have one last dip in the community pool, time to sleep in (hopefully not the last one), and time to get your breath before the marathon that is coming. You know the one I mean. The Christmas decorations are starting to trickle in and the Halloween decorations have been dominating the stores since the beginning of July.
But you are a college student, you have no time for frivolity, you think to yourself as you pull up the chapter that is due in a week and start the outline for the paper you have to write about this module.
Wrong.
Take a breath.
Yes, the semester just started and there is so much work to do. Papers to outline, and tests to study for, weekly chapters and scholarly papers to read.
Yes, yes, you’re so busy.
It is okay to take a breath and go to that BBQ and take a swim in the pool.
Summers are fleeting and fall is knocking on all of our doors.
The paper outlines can wait. The reading can wait. The end of the semester will be here before you know it. The end of your college career will be here before you know it. Now is the time to enjoy the new friends you have made, to celebrate the joys that they have.
It is okay to take a breath and sink into the long weekend. Think of the two weeks you’ve had of school as the warm up lap and this is your mini break before the work really begins.
Your brain will thank you.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 