Yr 1 Semester 2- Prelude

I started off this semester with every intention to do things differently compared to the first. I lamented on how I studiously dived into my work and yet still felt no more prepared than others who seemed to nonchalantly breeze through the academic term. I guess the epiphany for me was that I was loosing touch of the journey and only focusing on the end. I vividly recall expressing my sentiments as “happiness has become a pursuit rather than a state of being, trying to get to different goals and milestones”. However I can truly say I had no idea what this semester, and year by extension,  had in store for me. 

I guess you’re probably wondering how did I do things differently this time. Well I made a concerted effort to find time to create moments rather than living day to day in a system which can ultimately have you prisoner to routine.  This really included things that I would not normally do during the semester like; going on a hike, going kayaking, visiting the beach at night (probably my fav), watching late movies and getting those ‘food-run’s in. This coupled with my ongoing community service made it extremely crucial to have my time management in-check. 

For me everything is strategic and you have to make the most of the time you have available. This often leads me to plan and work around my premeditated excursions. However there are things I didn’t expect /factored in that happened, like the recurrent hospitalization and later death of my great grandmother during my first course of the semester. Which really exacerbated the need to stress relieve but also created a spiraling sense of being overwhelmed and the corrosive thought that I was not getting enough work done. 



For an over-thinker like myself it really weighed on me but I wanted to use my first course work assessment , spotter, as the determination of the efficiency of my methods. To my delight I managed to get in my 20s overall for coursework which was weighted out of 30%. But the persistent voice nagged me daily and all I began to hope for is that this new method wouldn’t turn around and bite me in the a**. 

Moving briskly unto my next and final course of the semester I began to desperately want a break from everything, a break which had to be more than a few hours away from school. 

And you see that’s where it appears that God answered my prayer and everything changed drastically..... for the best or for the worst? 

Perspective is a hell of a thing. 

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