46. If you had a day to spend as you wish, how would you use your time? (Carleton College)
This question got me thinking for a while. Though I would like to say that I would spend my day doing something productive like helping out the unfortunate, studying for an upcoming test, read the newspaper, and so on, I cannot say this with my full heart. This week especially has been so stressful for me. I know that many of you think that I don't know what stress is; adults out there, you know what I'm talking about. You probably feel the same way I feel when 6th and 7th graders at my school say that they're stressed out. All I say in my head is, "You have no idea what stress is. Wait till you're in my place." I give them a scornful look and turn away. But this week has been hectic to say the least. I have had so many assignments, and quizzes, and projects due that I don't even know where to begin. On top of that, we just had Chapel which took away 2 hours of my time. The getting dressed part and walking down took an hour alone, and the service was another hour. Though totally unnecessary, I was forced to go as the rules state so in the Woodstock Student Handbook. I don't feel like I have much time to relax and recuperate. I am always on my toes do this thing and that thing, I forget to give myself time. I forget to see the things I have deprived myself from. Clearly it's not food, water, or a place to stay, as the school provides that already for me, but I feel like I've deprived myself from happiness and rest. Both these are interrelated to say the least. If I don't get enough rest, I am not happy, and if I'm not happy that means that I haven't gotten much rest, 35 hours of sleep in a week only, when I should be getting 63 hours as I still am a growing boy, whether the people assigning me the work load believe me or not.
The a bit of context to the things that go on in my life almost every week, I can proudly say that if I had a day to spend as I wished, I would definitely sleep early the night before, get up at a regular time, which means around 8:30 to 9 am for me. Too much sleep isn't good for your body either. I would then cook myself a nice breakfast of omelets, bacon, hash browns, and warm toast, if not go to the dining hall and eat the same thing; some might say the taste is a tad off in the dining hall. I would then take a nice shower and energize myself with the cold water rushing down from my head to my back. Refreshed, I would come out and watch a movie. Maybe play a bit of sports and move around during the beautiful day a bit. I would come back and sleep for a few hours, maybe read a few chapters of a book. Order dinner and treat myself for all the hard work that I've tried to do over the past few weeks. I would have an early nights rest and wake up energized, then, for a productive day at school. As you can see, I haven't mentioned anything about spending time with friends or family. The reason for this is, I feel like I'm always surrounded by people at Woodstock. Whenever I try to be alone, I can't, there is always someone or the other around. We don't have enough time as it is to do anything with the work load and all the chapels they plan for us at school, I don't even have time to reconnect with myself and with the things I'm interested in doing because I am always satisfying other people's wishes and demands - whether it is my parents, my teachers, or my friends. I don't have enough time to do things for myself.
I only long for a day where I can do all these things and not have a care in the world.
Number of words: 691
This question got me thinking for a while. Though I would like to say that I would spend my day doing something productive like helping out the unfortunate, studying for an upcoming test, read the newspaper, and so on, I cannot say this with my full heart. This week especially has been so stressful for me. I know that many of you think that I don't know what stress is; adults out there, you know what I'm talking about. You probably feel the same way I feel when 6th and 7th graders at my school say that they're stressed out. All I say in my head is, "You have no idea what stress is. Wait till you're in my place." I give them a scornful look and turn away. But this week has been hectic to say the least. I have had so many assignments, and quizzes, and projects due that I don't even know where to begin. On top of that, we just had Chapel which took away 2 hours of my time. The getting dressed part and walking down took an hour alone, and the service was another hour. Though totally unnecessary, I was forced to go as the rules state so in the Woodstock Student Handbook. I don't feel like I have much time to relax and recuperate. I am always on my toes do this thing and that thing, I forget to give myself time. I forget to see the things I have deprived myself from. Clearly it's not food, water, or a place to stay, as the school provides that already for me, but I feel like I've deprived myself from happiness and rest. Both these are interrelated to say the least. If I don't get enough rest, I am not happy, and if I'm not happy that means that I haven't gotten much rest, 35 hours of sleep in a week only, when I should be getting 63 hours as I still am a growing boy, whether the people assigning me the work load believe me or not.
The a bit of context to the things that go on in my life almost every week, I can proudly say that if I had a day to spend as I wished, I would definitely sleep early the night before, get up at a regular time, which means around 8:30 to 9 am for me. Too much sleep isn't good for your body either. I would then cook myself a nice breakfast of omelets, bacon, hash browns, and warm toast, if not go to the dining hall and eat the same thing; some might say the taste is a tad off in the dining hall. I would then take a nice shower and energize myself with the cold water rushing down from my head to my back. Refreshed, I would come out and watch a movie. Maybe play a bit of sports and move around during the beautiful day a bit. I would come back and sleep for a few hours, maybe read a few chapters of a book. Order dinner and treat myself for all the hard work that I've tried to do over the past few weeks. I would have an early nights rest and wake up energized, then, for a productive day at school. As you can see, I haven't mentioned anything about spending time with friends or family. The reason for this is, I feel like I'm always surrounded by people at Woodstock. Whenever I try to be alone, I can't, there is always someone or the other around. We don't have enough time as it is to do anything with the work load and all the chapels they plan for us at school, I don't even have time to reconnect with myself and with the things I'm interested in doing because I am always satisfying other people's wishes and demands - whether it is my parents, my teachers, or my friends. I don't have enough time to do things for myself.
I only long for a day where I can do all these things and not have a care in the world.
Number of words: 691
There is a plaintive quality about this post that is honest. I know that the pace is frantic and that none of you get enough quiet or alone time. I think the stress is quite evident. Some stress is necessary as a student and you have to have some to develop ways to deal with it. I also feel for your circumstances as it seems like there is always some social, club, required activity going on 3-4 days a week.
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