Some say that high school can be your best years while others say that it’s the worst phase of life. To be honest, these four years have been the best and I hope that this is just the beginning of a life full of sunshine that awaits me. Yes, there is a lot of stress that comes in but, in the end, it's all worth it. I’ve recently thought about how I plan to spend my senior year. I have two choices should I have fun with my friends, or should I dedicate my life to getting ready for college and scholarships? This season, I've tried balancing both and it hasn’t quite worked out. It’s always a choice of school or friends.
Recently, the phrase “Are you free” has been inside my head. Time is something precious that is worth more than anything else because life is only lived once. This week, one of my friends asked me to go get lunch with him after school. However, I had to decline because I had a meeting for student government. Another friend asked, “Let’s read our college essays together after school” and unfortunately, I had to decline because I had cross-country practice. Again, it’s a choice between school or friends. “When are you free???” or “Do you have time to breathe?” is what my friends ask. My answers to that are no and yes. The thing is, I'm involved in so much stuff that my social and school life has become something hard to balance, it is like giggling in a monocycle. Since my senior year began, I go early in the morning for clubs and stay very late after school for sports or marching band. Yet again I have homework and college apps due in less than a month.
I’m not sure if my life is healthy, I haven’t gone shopping or hung out with my friends ever since the school year began. Sometimes I forget to eat. Let's not mention my bedtime as the submission time for this assignment reflects upon it. Although with or without school most kids my age don't get enough sleep but that's on them. Am I putting the school at the top? Yeah, I would say so. I used to think that putting school on top was the most important thing about life, but recently my friends have been telling me to make some time to touch grass.
I was today years old when I realized how uncultured I am. I’m way too stressed about school to even think about what's going on outside of school. Who are the Kardashians? Why are people loving this singer named Taylor Swift? What do people do for fun if it is not related to school? This is why my goal after November 1st will be to chillax and enjoy the last 6 months of my childhood before going over the entire cycle again in college. Don't get me wrong, I will still focus on school but not as much as sleeping at 1 a.m. every day. Dana Garcia will touch some grass by January and will find non-school-related hobbies.
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