As a college student, I have noticed that I have become disconnected from some of the most essential aspects of life. I feel that there are a vast amount of small aspects of life that I have just begun to take for granted. As a student, working adult, or parent it can be rather challenging to balance your hectic schedule. It is no surprise that your attention may be pulled away from those pieces of life that are not documented on the page of a planner.

I love being busy because it forces me to be productive in one area in order to move on to the next necessary task at hand quickly. However, during weeks that I am going to meetings, studying for several different exams, and completing pressing assignments, I can become so disconnected from the world around me.

I am personally very close with my family and I try to keep in touch with them as much as I can while I am away at school. In full disclosure, my mom is one of my very best friends and we text each other every day to keep up on each other’s lives. On my busy days, I wish I had more time to tell her and the rest of my family the things that truly matter, like how much I love, miss, and appreciate them rather than just complaining about the chemistry test I crammed for.

I could go on for days about how much I love my amazing friends. I am with my friends from school almost every single day. I am so appreciative of our times together where I laugh until I cry or cry until I laugh. Yet, we are all busy individuals. Sometimes I wish it was a viable option to just press pause during the week and escape the reality of deadlines and just go hangout with them and get even closer than we already are. In addition, I wish that I could take more time out of my schedule to go visit my friends that attend other universities. Some of my very best friends do not go to the same school as me, and I wish I had more time to give to them.

I see so many people, including myself at times, disregard themselves in the midst of a busy lifestyle. Your own health (mind, spirit, and body) and well-being are extremely important part of living a fulfilled life. I would love a few extra hours in the day. I wish that I had more time to dedicate to myself. Not to lock myself in the library and studying for hours. I wish I had more time for the little things in life that make me happy like drawing, singing, praying, cooking, sports, ect.

We all have crazy weeks, months, semesters, and years. But, even amongst all of the chaos in life, we cannot lose sight of some of the most important parts of it.