So, break's almost over and I can't say I'm too thrilled. It's our last semester of senior year and I feel I should be excited but that's not the case. On the contrary, I'm getting stressed out about the start of a new and our last semester. It should be the one which we enjoy the most, it's the home stretch! But I don't feel that way. I should have taken advantage of the two months that we had to study for mocks and exams but I barely scratched the surface on studying. Do I regret it? Definitely. Would it happen again? Most probably. I could list some of the things that I did this summer: horseback riding, summer camp, study sessions, started kickboxing, finished college apps and probably a couple other things that I can't think of right now. Did I enjoy my summer? Of course I did, but there was always an ominous feeling hanging above me telling me I wasn't using my time well at all. For one, I had planned to finish by biology notes in January. Of 2014, that is. I obviously didn't accomplish that one simple goal that I wanted to complete so that I wouldn't be stressing out by the time that senior year came along. I consider this a project I created for my own benefit or something that I should just have fun with. Yet, I still missed a deadline I set for myself. It's happened with any type of project that I wanted to accomplish from cleaning out my bedroom or finishing the collage on my wall which I started over a year ago. The ominous feeling was still hanging over me and I started to ask myself why it was so complicated to follow my own deadlines, especially if they're projects I am interested in. I also ask myself why I leave things to the last minute. Why is it that I can't make life easier for myself? Just last night, I was talking with my parents and one of their friends about another friend of theirs that always has her things completed 3 months before they're actually needed, things which range from organizing her daughters birthday parties or making presentations for work and conferences. But I guess that's what it takes to be named one of Peru's most influential women of the year. As I look to my future, that's the person I aspire to be, the one who always manages to finish her projects 3 months before they're due, not the one who looks back at the first 2 months of the year and regrets not being more proactive. I want to be someone who can follow her own deadlines; meet her own goals. If faced with difficulties, won't take the easy way out. It's time I start. Break is over, time for life.
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Corey Topf
2/23/2015 06:23:44 am
So I'm reading "How Google Works" and there's a section devoted to the idea of work-life balance. And here's their take on it: people who separate their lives into work and non-work, don't really love their jobs. And, since so many people at Google love what they do, and often work well beyond the normal hours, they give them the freedom to take holidays whenever they feel like they need to be refreshed.
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