So it seems like the spring semester just started but college students are already feeling the feeling that their heads are about to burst at any moment from all of the constant lack of sleep and endless supply of homework and tests. Trust me when I say that these past few days have really been quite difficult for me to fight the urge to not have a major anxiety attack in public or roast the heck of people that say things that are just flat out dumb (you would think people that have above a high school education would at least have some level of maturity but you’d be surprised of some of things I’ve overheard from complete strangers this week). Maybe it’s not even school that has you stressed and burned out; maybe it’s life in general that is wearing you down. Things aren’t playing out the way you expected them to and it’s creating hysteria in your mind of where to even go from here. I literally laid on my friend’s couch the other day having a panic attack like no other in complete silence, wanting to shout from the top of a mountain in hopes of feeling better, but I live in Lubbock, so I had to settle with yelling inside my mind (which doesn’t really help if you ask me).
We live in a society that pressures us to do everything possible and do it well; but when does seizing every opportunity turn into a path to self-destruction? I’ll answer that for you, it becomes a one-way trip to failure when you spend so much time doing things for others and with others that you forget what it is like to be by yourself. If you aren’t busy then you’re seen as being lazy but is driving yourself to your breaking point really what we should be striving for? I’ll save you guys the trouble again; no this is not something we should be striving for, but instead something you should be running away from. I know that is going to be easier said than done but sometimes you just have to forget about all of your obligations and take some much needed rest time for yourself. If I’m being honest this is something I still haven’t quite figured out yet but I’m in the process of figuring out a time that will allow me to have a good rest time (Yup I’m literally scheduling this stuff out). What I’m trying to get at is we all need time to recharge our batteries because even though it may be hard to believe but that whole four hours of sleep you got last night is not cutting it. As this semester continues on, there will be mountains more of homework, essay, reviews, tests, exams, drama, crying, tissues, and falling on your face but as long as you find time to disconnect from the word then you are going to be just fine. College is a rough four, five, or maybe even six years (you like to take victory laps) but that degree will be worth all the stressful moments.
