Your planner is life.
If it isn't in your planner, it’s not going to happen. Everything is in there. It keeps you sane, it keeps you together, it is your life.
You don’t understand how people just take a day off.
You see Snapchats of people who decided to drive to Utah for the day on a WEDNESDAY. A Wednesday and you're instantly jealous. A trip like that for you would need at least a two-week notice. It literally baffles you that people can just have time to do that, like what are you skipping?
“You are always busy.”
A true fact, but it also suddenly makes you feel really inadequate because you really don’t have time for people or “free time.” Suddenly you feel so guilty you work, go to school, and do like a hundred other things too. On the other hand, you look at whoever just said that (it’s always a boy let’s face it) and think “excuse me, I am building my empire, peasant.”
You live out of your car.
Your car’s backseat is full of different shirts, necklaces, and shoes. It’s always a mess because you haven’t scheduled time to clean it. You are forced to change in the back on your way from work to school, or from school to your internship.
Netflix is a faint memory.
The last time you watched a full season on Netflix was the last time you were sick, and that was a while ago because you don’t have time for that.
“Wow, you are always in the library.”
You get told this whenever someone sees you in the library. It's because it’s the one place you can get your homework done and not be bothered by other items on your to-do list. It's your work space, and when you aren’t in the library, you are running around like a crazy person.
“Why do you walk so fast?”
Too much to do, so little time.
People who get 8 hours of sleep don’t make sense to you.
HOW DO YOU HAVE TIME? The last time you got 8 hours of sleep you were like 5.
You have to schedule time to have mental breakdowns.
You really don’t have time to just fall apart, so you have to schedule the time to break down and cry in the bathroom of the library for 5 minutes. After that, our emotions will have to wait.
The idea of not being busy stresses you out.
One of those rare moments when you look at your planner and your to-do list is empty. Some people would call this summer, you call this panic mode. So you go get yourself two jobs, volunteer time, and an internship so you are no longer just able to sit on the beach.