Being a college student you find yourself super short on time. Your day is pretty much scheduled from the moment you wake up to the moment you fall asleep and even though you have freedom in college, you are still technically on a schedule. Every year as we reach the end of the semester we are practically on the edge of our seats waiting for our finals to finish so we can head home for the Holidays, but by the time we do get home, there is barely two weeks until Christmas. As a kid I used to love the Holidays and would always partake in everything related to the Holidays leading up to Christmas (which is what my family celebrated). We got to have time to visit friends and family, to put up the tree, shop, wrap presents and just enjoy spending time with family.
Nowadays though it just feels like everything is absolutely rushed and I find myself looking forward to Christmas and enjoying the holiday season only to realize that Christmas is a week away and that the holiday season is pretty much coming to an end. I have to rush around to get gifts, fit as many visits as I can into a week to drop off items to friends and family and pretty much just be rushed until I can finally relax just before I fall asleep from exhaustion. As a college student the holidays just feel so rushed and to me that’s sad. We just see it as this break that isn’t long enough. We (or at least I personally) finish finals so late (the 17th this year) that I barely had two weeks before Christmas was here. I got to see my friends for a little bit to hang out with them and do our annual gift exchange but when we wrapped presents for our families (we thought it would be fun to do together) we found ourselves just not enjoying it a lot. We felt rushed, and stressed when we should feel relaxed and happy. I feel like I just don’t get time to enjoy the holidays as much as I should and to me that is sad. The holidays are a time to be happy, relaxed and with the ones you love and its often referred to as the holiday season. Not the two weeks before Christmas hustle and bustle where you’re so busy that you can’t even enjoy yourself.
I just wish we could take the time at the end of the year to really celebrate and be happy. Life is what you make it though so I try my best just to go with the flow and celebrate and be happy as much as I can and to enjoy that short holiday season that I get as a college student.
