The last day of classes is TOMORROW!!!! How is that possible? We just barely got here! Somehow it doesn't feel like a full two semesters have gone by. Every week seemed so long. Every day seemed so long. We live for getting past that big test or that big paper. Funny how those little periods of "I just need to get through this week" can accumulate to "whoa, where did freshman year go?"
This is goodbye to East Campus, to the Marketplace (though I can't say I'm not sick of it right now), goodbye to Randolph and living with a bunch of freshmen all around you. Do you ever get the feeling that we're suppose to be more...important...after freshmen year? We're suppose to be more illustrious or decorated or something like that. We won't be just puny little Duke freshmen anymore...we'll actually have to try to do something important.
Ugh. Maybe it's called responsibility. Not that we're not responsible now, well most of us at least, it's just this feeling of having to think about the future. Freshman year was so carefree. Everyone told us, "Don't worry about it yet, you're just a freshman. You have plenty of time." PLENTY OF TIME? FRESHMAN YEAR JUST FREAKING ENDED! THAT'S ONE-FOURTH OF OUR TIME HERE AT DUKE OUT THE WINDOW!!
And what have I accomplished? NOTHING. That's right. But that's absolutely okay, because I was just a freshman. Well, I don't have that excuse anymore. Now we actually don't have "plenty of time." Freshman year was a buffer. A time to enjoy ourselves after working hard to get into college. It was life's way of saying, "Take a breather, you've worked hard to get where you are. Enjoy it for a while." And now? Life's screaming, "Hey you lazy bum! What are you planning to do with your life? You've had your fun, now's the time for ACTION!" Hmm....
No more lounging around and hanging out with friends. That doesn't help anybody else in the world. No more coasting. That doesn't help cure cancer! That doesn't help starving children in South America! That doesn't do any good for the world! So stop being selfish! Stop hanging out with friends and making memories all for yourself! Sacrifice something to help those less fortunate than you!
Balance. Life is all about balance. Maybe gymnasts with excellent balance have it the best. Balance work and friends. Balance a career and family. Balance having fun and studying. Balance, balance, balance. Yes.
Are you balanced at all? Cause I feel all wobbly and off my seesaw.
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oh you're too serious about stuff. you just need to RELAX BEAUTIFUL! yeah there's stuff we're gonna need to do but you'll be ready for it. Just take life as it come and when you need to do something do it. just cause we'll have responsibilities doesn't mean "no more hanging out with friends" and "no more fun". you're being just a touch melodramatic doncha think? :-)
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