For the past few weeks, I have been extremely busy at school. Every single day seems to be planned out from the minute I wake up to the minute I go to bed so that I can be as productive as I would like to be each day. I rarely finish everything I hope to, but it always works out. Even though school work is very important to stay on top of, I have found myself falling behind in every other aspect of my life. I have not been making it to the gym every day, I forget to eat real food and supplement coffee and chocolate for some meals. I haven’t been devoting myself to my daily routines of prayer and writing, and I sometimes forget to communicate with my family. Every night, I lay down and remember all of the people and things I forgot about during the day. By this time, it is 1 or 2 in the morning and the only thing I can do about what slipped past me is say “I’ll do it tomorrow.”
I feel like this is a phrase many people use to describe things they are hesitant about starting. Thoughts such as I’ll start my diet tomorrow, I’ll work out tomorrow, I’ll make that appointment tomorrow, the lost goes on. Before we know it, it is next week and we still haven’t gotten to ‘tomorrow’. Over the past few days, I have realized that the things I have been putting off should not be so low on my list of priorities. I have noticed that my assignments and little minor things to do have taken up so much of my time and attention, I have pushed things such as calling family members, calling old friends, and taking time to work on myself to the back of mind.
Today, a good friend of mine reminded me of the uncertainty of tomorrow. We don’t know how many tomorrows we have, and pushing things that mean most to us to the ends of our priorities may slip away before we get the chance to make time for them. School work will always be here. Assignments will always have due dates, but people don’t work like that. Someone could be in our lives for a very short time and by the time we realize this, it is too late. We have spent our time worrying about getting things done that can be procrastinated, instead of taking time to work on who we are and our relationships with ourselves and others.
Life is so busy, I know. I am right there with everyone who feels like they are drowning in work, but we can still pick our heads up above the water. College is supposed to be a busy, restless, time in life, but we can’t forget to take time to make things that matter most to us happen today. Eventually we will all run out of tomorrows, and I hope at that time I can say I have spent my days wisely.
