Reflection: Enjoying the little things

 

Life moves fast, and sometimes we brush over the little joyful things in our day trying to fast-track, and check things off of our to-do lists.

Lately, I have been actively reminding myself to slow down,  breathe, and enjoy the little things.

Aviva  Dunsiger wrote a thought provoking blog post about this idea, and about the importance of savoring the little things when life feels hectic, and exhausting.

Teacher's college has been a pretty big transition. Gone are the days of essay writing, theory consolidation and big lecture halls and seminar sessions. In their place, I find myself compelling 100x as many assignments. Granted, they are smaller assignments, more applicable projects and hands on learning, such as my Genius Hour project. The other big change is that instead of being enrolled in 5 classes, I am now enrolled in 8 with the added challenge of in-class placement observations. Completing my underground thesis in fourth year had me thinking that there was now way life could get any more hectic....an then you get hit with a curve ball.

I am enjoying many aspects of this change, but I constantly feel pulled in thirty directions, and as I sit down to complete one task, I am obsessing about the pile of other things that are competing for my attention.

Wile there are constantly many things to do, making time to spend with friends/family and doing things simply because they are fun has a huge role in keeping my sanity. One thing I have been  looking forward to for 6 months is coming up a this coming Saturday. My roommate and I, both of us being HUGE Taylor Swift fans, have purchased tickets to her upcoming concert. I cannot express how much I am looking forward to this night, when the reality of school will not be in the forefront of my mind, and I get a chance to spend time with my best friend, enjoying music we both love!

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Ana