“I’m Too Busy” and Other Excuses I’m Ditching
People say, “Do it scared” all the time. I’ve got a new one for you: “Do it tired.” Be tired and show up anyway. You will sleepwalk through way too much of your life with this excuse if you don’t.
College Advice
People say, “Do it scared” all the time. I’ve got a new one for you: “Do it tired.” Be tired and show up anyway. You will sleepwalk through way too much of your life with this excuse if you don’t.
I hope that when you remember the person you were in the past, you can forgive yourself for what you didn’t yet know. The world needs more of that, no matter what city you are in.
Don’t go comparing yourself to other 20 somethings. An inability to celebrate someone else’s successes reveals some things are out of alignment in you, because cheering each other on is an essential part of life together. Don’t let jealousy take up any space. It has no place in you.
I’m literally handing you an excuse to have pizza in bed without feeling guilty. Like this is a perfect reason. Make a hot chocolate and order the garlic bread too. Go crazy.
Keep your list reasonable. Don’t put a million and one things on there that you want to accomplish during your lifetime. Keep it strictly for today.
Discover which buildings your classes will be in, and time how long it takes to get there from where you are living. (You don’t want to be that person who shows up late to every class in the first week because you got lost.)
Because if I have no goals, I will make no progress. And lack of progress in my life scares me more than my uncertainty over which direction to turn.
I hear ya. It is so difficult to focus on studying when there are so many festivities to participate in (Christmas markets, Christmas shopping, Christmas movie marathon watching, Christmas everything, etc.)!
I then discovered the great and terrible truth of this incredibly confusing scenario. The sun was not yet up. The SUN was NOT YET UP.
I arrived back in Portsmouth this past Wednesday! Woot woot! This means a long trip with planes, trains, and cars, and I’m still recovering from losing sleep, but this also means I get to return to a city I’ve come to love as well as the friends I’ve missed so much