Little World Blog

  I’m the kind of person that tells myself that I’m going to live life a certain way and then literally forget about it three days later, but one thing has stuck with me for many months now. Before I moved out of college at the end of the year, one of my friends and I were talking about next school year and the upcoming basketball season. We went over how we thought it would go and what we were going to do to make the most of it. All of that changed when she said this to me, “isn’t it funny how we all just sit around waiting for the next thing to happen? We wait for school to be over and summer to start, just to wait for school to start up again.” And I honestly didn’t give her much of an answer because I was too busy sitting there thinking about all of the ways that applies to my life. Short term or long term, I just sit and count down the days until some other event appears.

I’ve had the feeling of moving back into college looming over my head for a little over a month now when I had no reason to worry about it so soon, however I couldn’t help but feel like I was supposed to be concerned and overly prepared. This isn’t uncommon for most people because that’s how we are all trained to see the world, society rushes us around from one exciting time in our lives to another, not giving us a second to truly slow down and embrace the moment we’re in.

    My whole life I have unknowingly been wishing away so much time, “I can’t wait for this year to be over and just start fresh again”. I can’t keep “starting fresh again”, because nothing will ever build off of that. I will forever be at square one if I keep allowing myself to “to it later”.

    Frequently I catch myself saying that college will be over soon and I can start my life, but it isn’t going to be over any time soon and this is my life right now. It is happy & healthy, wishing away the people and experiences I continue to have won’t help the time pass any quicker. So for this upcoming school year, I am choosing to embrace every moment, because this is the time I will wish I had back once it’s far past me. Here’s to a new school year full of growth, love, and freaking awesome memories