Some people run a million miles a minute all the time. They seem to be like super heroes balancing millions of agendas and time commitments while keeping a smile on their face. This was something that I wanted to achieve but I was never really sure how to achieve this. Through high school I felt like I was doing a lot but when I look back on this I have realized that I have pushed and squeezed sooo many more things into my day. I am not trying to be all knowing, but I am very happy with how far I have come and how well I am able to time manage. So what do I do all? Now my day is nothing compared to moms that either work full time and take care of a family or those that stay at home and keep up with the household.
But here are the things that I do each semester.this is mainly for college students. I am usually taking between 15-17 credit hours worth of engineering courses, actively involved with Society of Women Engineers (what I mean by actively I was the president for the past two years and am now a Regional representative for the southeast) and am involved with my sorority Delta Gamma. On top of that I work a couple of random campus jobs that include Math tutoring, peer mentor, and working with other professors. so how do I fit it all in? Well it's pretty simple really I know I have 168 hours in my week (that's it) and I start breaking down things and how much time it will take me to do them. with all of that I can make sure that I have time to do everything. with that you have to schedule in sleeping, eating, studying, and taking time for yourself. Another thing that I use is a planner and that is my life. I color code everything so that I know what I have going on and make sure that I don't miss anything important. I also use a combo of Excel and Google Calenders to keep up and look at my schedule visually. This helps me see where I can schedule different things and helps me plan out my day. Another thing that is really important is scheduling time for my homework From all of this I have learned that I can accomplish so many things.
Now some people call this crazy and micromanaging and I don't see it that way for me it is figuring out a system that works for me and allows me to do and accomplish everything that I want to do and want out of life. My belief is that we only have one life and we don't know when our Lord will call us home so we might as well make every minute count. Now that being said I think it is also just as important to take time for yourself, your boyfriend/girlfriend, friends and family because in the end these people will be there to catch you when you fall. There have been many times when I have come home from a super hard day or something just really bothers me where I have burst into tears and my roommie just hugs me and lets me tell her whats going on. These things are important and building these types of bonds take time, but is time well spent.
This story that I am going to share will pull at your heart strings, and if you are a mother will make you want to go and hold your child. I graduated May of 2009 with a class of 300+ students, one girl in my class Kathleen stood two people in front of me. I didn't know her well but knew that she had over come a life threatening illness and was beloved by our school ( I had transferred to that school a year ago) She was kind and was someone that was going to go somewhere in life and becoming something and do great things. We graduated and like most of us she started college at The College of The South. On October 1, 2009 my best friend texted me and said that Kathleen had passed, she was in a car accident with a Semi. Shocked I sat there rereading that awful text message and hoping it wasn't true. I cried and I cried, it wasn't fair I thought she had over came so much and she was going to be someone. I called my mom and just cried, I was supposed to be going home that next day but I didn't want to drive anywhere it scared me. I sat outside my dorm thinking about everything that had just happened. I felt soo alone. My boyfriend and I had broken up but were still close friends, but that night I had also found out that he started dating someone else. My world felt like it had gotten so small. I think my roommate had ended up telling my ex how much I needed someone there for me even if I didn't know it and he sat with me for hours letting me talk about how I felt. Sometimes when I stumble across pictures of my graduation I see her, how happy she was and how full of life she was. My high school has a nasty history of every graduated class someone always passes during that first year. Life is too short to not live it to the fullest, and through Kathleen's death I realized that my Freshmen year.
I encourage you to live your life to the fullest. Do what you want, take an adventure, love largely, forgive easily (yes this is easier said then done) and be happy. Life is too short to do otherwise.
Have a wonderful and life filled day
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