The Three Options

So I remember people telling me about the three options you have when you get to college. Either you can have a social life, get sleep, or actually do assigned homework. People said that out of those three its only really possible to do two. In some ways that's so true. Either you skimp on homework and get sleep or you hang out with friends. The tipping point on that scale is really the fact that there is so much to be done extracurricularly in college, aside from homework and friends and sleep. Like, being a member of a club that meets for two hours on Tuesday nights or having weekends taken up by community service adds a whole other dimension to the "two out of three" model. I mean you do have to prioritize because you can't do everything and live to tell the tale.

But there is so much to do! It's even more of a juggling act than high school, honestly. I didn't think this would be the case at all. You don't realize how much you're juggling though because everyone around you is doing just as much. In high school, there were the slackers that did near nothing other than the bare minimum, and often not even that. In college, it seems like most people are over-achievers when it comes to being involved on campus because its FUN! It's a new world here...but in a good way.

Comments

[Megan]

ugh i know! I'm actually a freshman too and i find myself constantly on the go, only returning to my dorm for no longer than 30 minutes intervals! I have no clue how we are suppose to juggle all of the things that are excepted from us! Oh and if you want a job.. forget it.. there's a 4th thing to add on to the impossible to accomplish list!

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Nice post. A wise person once said, If you aim an nothing you'll hit it everytime. I wish I would have lived by that statement as a freshman in college.