My Favorite Part About Winter Break So Far....
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My Favorite Part About Winter Break So Far....

Sleeping, no commitments, freedom... Ahh the gloriousness of winter break.

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My Favorite Part About Winter Break So Far....
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I have been on break for some time now, and this is my first winter break. I’ve never had a long break before and it feels weird being home during this time of year. I feel like I should still be in school, and I am quickly learning to love being home.

I love having time to myself, and having the freedom to do whatever I want. During the summers in high school, I worked, and I never got a chance to actually have a break. This is the first time in a long time that I get to whatever I want and not be obligated to be somewhere else, especially during this time of year.

With having so much time to myself, I am beginning to explore interests that I haven’t had the chance to explore before. For example, I am putting a lot of time into writing, and I am beginning to fall in love with it more and more. Also, I am beginning to make serious progress in this book that I have been writing since late September – early October; one of the things I’d like to do for the year 2018 is to finish this book.

Another thing that I’ve been getting interested is finding topics to possibly do my own research in. I did a lot of research in high school, and by the end of my experiment I realized that I wanted to explore something else. However, in college I was too busy trying to adjust and transition that I didn’t have the time to find what I was passionate about. This winter break, I’ve made up for lost time and am beginning to explore topics again.

I like having my own schedule, and that I get to do things at my own pace. With this, it’s easy to spend a whole day doing nothing and I have done that before, so each day I have a goal that I want to achieve something whether it’s to go to the gym (it’s never that, but entertain me,) write, work on my resume, the list goes on. While I was in college, I didn’t have the ability to comfortably because other factors got in the way.

For a long time in college, I wanted to apply to internships and jobs, but it was never something that I could get too because something else always got in the way. Now, I have the ability to properly dedicate the time into building a resume, applying for these jobs, and learning how to market myself well to these companies, so they would want to hire me. (Please hire me, I am a hard worker.)

I’ve enjoyed the beauty of sleep, and sleeping in. Not going to lie, I am someone that prefers to have an 8 am because I want to get my day started. However, being home makes me grateful for the fact that I avoided the 8 am plague next semester because of how much I like to sleep in (too much.)

With that being said, I need to learn how to get out of my bed before noon because I have classes at 9 am next semester…. Still better than having 8 am classes.

The best part about having the day to myself is that I can watch Netflix and YouTube all day, and not get yelled at by mom for not doing anything all day. I have no homework, classes, or any genuine stressors, so she can’t yell at me for being unproductive! #goals

That has been my favorite part so far, and I am excited to do many more things with my time this winter break. Maybe, I can get a jump start on my goals for 2018.

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