It’s week nine of fall semester, and we’re all burnt out. Burnt out on classes. Burnt out on student organizations and clubs. Burnt out on searching for internships.
We’re only half way to winter break, and things are looking bleak. You’ve probably crossed “Spend the night at the library” off your Ohio State bucket list by now, along with “Wear the same outfit two (maybe three) days in a row because my life is in shambles” and “Drink my body weight in coffee to no avail.” But we all can learn a lesson in positivity and optimism amidst the recent influx of hell weeks.
Maintaining a life balance seems like a foreign idea—some task that we continually shove to the back burner and to the bottom of every to-do list. Well, I’m saying it’s time to stop doing that.
I’m guilty of skipping workouts and refusing to let myself stray too far from my homework. I reluctantly say “no” to Plaza. I don’t have time to sit and play piano for 10 minutes or to read a couple chapters of a novel. But the thing is, I do.
We make time for studying and attending meetings (and rightfully so), but something needs to be said about the amount of time we spend doing things we enjoy—because it’s not nearly enough.
Allotting some “me” time each day can change everything. Even if it’s just an hour, that is your hour to spend however you want to spend it. It’s something you can look forward to instead of dreading the all-nighter you’re about to pull for your next midterm. We all have hobbies that we wish we could spend more time doing, so do them. Stop living for the weekends.
The week, no matter how stressful, doesn’t need to be a complete hell week. Take an hour to run and clear your mind, to write or to read, to craft for your apartment or to just sit and do absolutely nothing. You were probably going to spend that hour procrastinating on studying by browsing Instagram or Twitter, anyway.
