Putting on the Brakes

So a month has now passed of my time spent in Germany, and it has been awesome. I am so lazy over here and it is great, giving me time to think about things and where I want my life to head to, how I am going to tackle the upcoming school year, and just life in general. Also I am supposed to be working on a college success book for the couple Intro to University classes that I am TA for, but that hasn't been going to plan either. So a little bit about me I am a super planner (like super super) To give you a little glimpse on how it is for me, when I have my school schedule all planned out and finalized I use a combination of Excel and Google Calender (oh and I am a avid Google fan and user which caused some heartache when I switched my smartphone to an Iphone) I put in my class schedule, then all my TA positions, then all my other social obligations like my sorority Delta Gamma and then SWE (society of women engineers), and then everything else like eating. You are probably thinking how does this girl ever sleep, well simple I plan for it. I have never did an all nighter in college and I am not planning to start this year either, I just don't function without sleep. I know that I only have 168 hours in the week so I plan my week accordingly which means that about 50 of those are automatically gone because I am sleep :) then I fill in other pesky things like eating and hygiene (because even though I am a girl in Engineering you can't go to class stinking) then I fill in school, then social obligations. This semester I have decided that I also want to start making hand made cards and selling them and the profits would go to a different charity each month (yes more to come on this later) This also in part forces me to be craft which is a good thing because I truely enjoy it and I think I am good at it so this will be give me an outlet from all my school work AND help some of my favorite charities out So you are probably wondering now why I put the title of this as Putting on the Breaks well really it's simple while I am spending time over here I am remembering to do things like that to take time out for just me, or to take the time to spend with my boyfriend Drew because sometimes we get into this life rut or school rut and we just go go go and don't take the time to smell the roses.

This summer is giving me that breathing room that I have needed where my problems and things that I have to do I threw out the window to sink into the ocean on my way over here, and maybe I will decided to bring them back but I will probably just leave them. Life is really too short to be constantly running with no real definite time of when you can start walking again. I am really remembering how much family time means to me and how much having their support with me makes me achieve such greater things. Yes I will continue to organize my time into nice little time slots but I am also now making time slots where I can have time for me, go on a date night, and enjoy my friends because at some point even if I have a great degree or whatever if there are no people standing next to you and no fun memories to look back on then you have wasted 4 or 5 years of your life. I hope that you have a great day and that you also think about where you stand and can continue to remember to walk to or even sit and smell the roses.