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When Writing Becomes Hard

Burnout is real...

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When Writing Becomes Hard
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There's a point in the semester when a student gets burnt out. I guess you could say that I have been at that point for about three or four weeks now. I am ready for this semester to be over, for summer to be here, to have full nights of sleep, to not feel the need to take a nap every day, to not stress about if I'm going to have time for all my homework, to not procrastinate on things by watching shows on Netflix...I'm just done.

In the midst of being done with everything, writing is even difficult. I would rather take a nap or go to sleep, since I'm writing this at 2am. Topics to write about are difficult to think of.

Even though this writing is hard and there are lots of things I would rather being doing (eating a pizza being one of them), I'm still finding time to make this a priority.

"Why?" you may ask.

Why would I do this to myself?

Well, I made a commitment. Being part of a community means giving to it and being active in it. That's exactly what writing for Odyssey on a team is about. It's about giving to the community, because once you give something, you'll get something out of it.

Honestly, I'm hoping that this pep talk about having something written for each week will transfer over to when it comes time for me to get my homework done, attend chapel and being prepared for each class I go to throughout the week. I need to do my part, which is to participate, to be able for whatever it is to do its part, which is give something back to me and teach me something or grow me in some sort of way.

So here's to you, writing. May your consistency bring something even more consistent into my life.

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