Relaxation Does Not Exist in College



There are times when I want to stop my college life in its tracks. But as I've grown into my junior year, I am feeling more and more overwhelmed and dying to speed up the process to graduation. People say college is the best four years of your life. But I couldn't imagine ever being more stressed in the future than I am now in the midst of college. I am a full-time student, part-time worker, sorority member, involved in two clubs on campus, participating in the ever so tedious OSU Homecoming festivities, and still manage a social life. I guess this is just a matter of growing up. The older I am, the more responsibility I have. I think what I would want most is freshman year. The year where everything and everyone was new. Classes took some adjusting but when looking back, they were so simple and required much less effort than my classes now. If I could relive any of the moments that year, I would. 

Sometimes I feel as though the material we go over in my classes pertains directly to me. Like I was meant to hear it. In my Spanish class, we are reading Rosario Tijeras and sometimes I feel as though the narrator is speaking and feeling the same way I do. Days like those I never feel stressed. Because somehow it does not feel like a to do list anymore. When I truly enjoy what I am learning, I am fine. I guess that's why my mother has always told me, "Do what makes you happy and you will never have to work a day in your life."



I would highly reccommend this novel. And yes, there is an English translation.