Everything is in full swing, midterms are upon us, and we can begin to see how the semester should pan out. Like many, I get into the grind of school and work. Sometimes, the days can be quite overwhelming and all I want to do is skip everything vitally important to my future. 

While riding the lovely, boring trip down I-16 back to Statesboro today, I thought of all the things I had to get done this week. The list began to pile up, and the more I thought, the more I yearned to just throw everything aside and live the day away, doing the things I truly wanted to do. Being a responsible person, of course, I know I need to do the things in life I don't enjoy in order to better my future. 

So when can I skip? When can I just relax and not have to care about life -- like when I was younger? I am the kind of person who looks for the opportunity to do nothing when I get the chance. So, in my college life I have begun to work harder to be able to skip the unnecessarily boring days. You know -- those classes during the middle of the semester that just seem to drum on? Well, this is when I use my half days of absences to readjust my life.

I don't think many people truly understand just how necessary it is to take a day off. I need to take a day when I don't show up for anything, throw all work and chores to the wind and leave my phone at home. The days when the weather is just between warm and cool, the wind is blowing just right and the clouds idly float by, are the best for this. Being able to not respond to anyone, or do anything, with no thought about where you should be is fantastic and honestly relaxes me -- when I know I have planned to be able to do such things. 

By now, if I have entertained you long enough, I hope you will take this message to heart. Plan for the future with the knowledge of the events of the past.