Learning New Things

Despite being incredibly busy every day of the week, I have been really blessed this semester to be able to engage in some very fun and relaxing weekends!  This past weekend, Nicole and family came to visit and I was able to forget my homework for a few days and enjoy a pumkin patch, the park, ice cream, and a few unexpected adventures!  I love so much having time with my family and it really meant a lot that they came to visit!  I would offer pictures, but alas I was not the one taking them on this trip...perhaps some will show up in Nicole's blog :)

I've decided that each year that I've been in college I have learned something new about school/learning.  My Freshman year I learned how to reallyyyyyy study and do tons of work and assignment and try to manage to get everything done in time to turn in.  I learned some about time management, and I thought I was busy. 

Sophomore year I was ALOT busier, and I for the first time I came to the realization that I might not actually have to do every single thing suggested in class in order to do well.  Not to say that I stopped doing my work - that would probably give everyone in my life including myself a heart attack - just that I realized that sometimes I could skip something and still get an A.  I started to learn how much I actually needed to study for tests to get an A, rather than just studying continuously up to the point it was given.  This all helped me a little bit with fitting in extra things like working, clubs, and being an RA while still doing well in school.

This year, my life has really taken it to the next level in keeping me busy.  It seems as though every one of my commitments requires more time, more effort, more involvement - and I just keep accumulating more!  At first I had no idea how I was supposed to accomodate all of these changes when I thought I was already doing my best.  This year I'm learning priorities.  I'm learning that sometimes I have to miss events in order to attend other ones.  I'm learning that school isn't always the very most important thing - that some classes are wayyy more important than others and I need to really focus my efforts on a few rather than attempting to be the best at everything.  I'm learning that if I don't make relax time a priority, I will probably die.  And even though all of my committments keep accumulating, God always gives me enough time to get everything done and spend time with the people that I love.  I'm honestly not sure this is possible, but I do know one thing: people disregard the importance of time management, but it's the most applicable and significant skill that I have (even though I often get made fun of for my extremely detailed planner and numerous lists of things to do!)

That being said, I intend to finish almost all of my weekend homework in the next to days and head off to Phoenix to see Tenth Avenue North in concert and enjoy some free time :)