“Mom, there are so many clubs and organizations that I want to get involved with at school, I wish there was more time in the day!
This is a conversation that I had with my mom last week, after a long day of going to class, professors’ office hours and club meetings. During the week, the daily life of a college student is usually long and filled with meetings, homework, and class time. And yes, we do manage to find time to go out during the week also.
Would it be nice to snuggle under my covers and go to bed an hour earlier or find time to catch up on this week’s “This is Us” episode? Of course.
But, there are so many opportunities offered at U of M, that I sometimes choose to go to bed (even) later or to catch up on my favorite TV show on the weekend, in order to squeeze in one more club’s mass meeting or hear one more speaker that an organization has brought in.
The opportunities at Michigan and other colleges around the nation are endless. In fact, I am sure that I do not even know of more than half of the things available to college students on campus. I have even heard someone mention a Squirrel Club here. Some that have interested me and that I am a part of here are the Michigan Daily, our school newspaper, Hillel, and Wolvpac, a political advocacy group.
I am someone who loves to be involved. In high school, I committed myself to a few organizations, clubs, and even boards. But now, as a college student, this has become overwhelming, as there are SO many more choices. In my first semester, I put myself on probably more than fifteen email list serves, ranging from a healthy-living-on-campus club to a business consulting club.
While it is physically and mentally impossible to be part of everything, I have slowly learned what I want to devote my time to. I went to some meetings and realized their club wasn’t for me. But, the majority of the time, I would leave, thinking to myself “the opportunities here are endless, I would love to get involved in this!”
So thank you, Michigan, for allowing me to have the “problem” of trying to figure out how to be involved in so many different things. I won’t let myself be spread too thin, but this is the time in my life to explore and find what my true passions are. And, I wouldn’t trade a little less sleep or waking up early to finish work for anything else. “Riverdale” can always be seen on my own time. The clubs and meetings…not so much.
