"All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it!" -Bob Newhart
Megan here, I'm back!
I was talking to a friend the other day and she gently reminded me of something that I guess I needed to be reminded of. She said, "No one is obligated to be unhappy." I think I need to perhaps just take a few more moments to reevaluate what makes me happy and pursue that a little bit more. I'm not going to live forever, and my goal in life should not be to compromise my happiness for other people.
Delay of gratification is simply putting off gratification now in order to reap greater rewards in the future. It develops in early childhood and coincides with greater emotional control. My idea is what if sometimes we push the delay of gratification too far? I am so guilty of living in the future, it's not even funny. Here's how my life plan has looked so far:
Get good grades > Go to good college + get good grades > Go to good grad school + get good grades > Work a lot to pay off loans and save up for retirement > Retire
Now, that's a pretty good, goal oriented plan. I think I've done ok so far... but there needs to be space and time in there for me to sit back and be happy. I know I don't deal with stress well, I just don't. It's something I am working on, but I am constantly stressing about how well I can set myself up for my next life phase.
So something new for me to work on: live for today and enjoy where I'm at.
Peace and love,
Megan
Showing posts with label goals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goals. Show all posts
Monday, October 22, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Bursting Bubbles
1. Sleep is VERY important.
2. Sometimes, in order to achieve your goals, you may need to give up something else.
3. Friends are always around, you just gotta go for it!
Hey again!
I just need to start with: COLLEGE IS AWESOME!
College has been quite the adventure, mainly because its something that I thought I knew everything there was to know, and I am honestly (pleasantly) surprised each & every day! I have made so many friends and have gotten to know so many people that I probably would not have talked to otherwise. I am also learning valuable lessons, such as time management. But, I have much more interesting things to tell you about: friends.
So, at Concordia, we have about four days of orientation before classes even start and then we, as freshmen, have two classes with our orientation group all semester. This basically ensures that we will have people we know in at least some of our classes and we get out of our bubbles and that kind of stuff. But, I have seriously lucked out.
Some students end up in orientation groups where they don't really click with their clubbies, and I feel so badly for them because my group is AWESOME. We all get along well; plus I have made some really great friends that I can see myself being friends with through college, and who knows... maybe even life after? Haha.
Anyways, moral of the story: you need to burst your own bubble and get out there, to mingle & to just be yourself. You never know when you're missing out on a great friend!
Yay friends!
Loves!
(: Katie!
2. Sometimes, in order to achieve your goals, you may need to give up something else.
3. Friends are always around, you just gotta go for it!
Hey again!
I just need to start with: COLLEGE IS AWESOME!
College has been quite the adventure, mainly because its something that I thought I knew everything there was to know, and I am honestly (pleasantly) surprised each & every day! I have made so many friends and have gotten to know so many people that I probably would not have talked to otherwise. I am also learning valuable lessons, such as time management. But, I have much more interesting things to tell you about: friends.
So, at Concordia, we have about four days of orientation before classes even start and then we, as freshmen, have two classes with our orientation group all semester. This basically ensures that we will have people we know in at least some of our classes and we get out of our bubbles and that kind of stuff. But, I have seriously lucked out.
Some students end up in orientation groups where they don't really click with their clubbies, and I feel so badly for them because my group is AWESOME. We all get along well; plus I have made some really great friends that I can see myself being friends with through college, and who knows... maybe even life after? Haha.
Anyways, moral of the story: you need to burst your own bubble and get out there, to mingle & to just be yourself. You never know when you're missing out on a great friend!
Yay friends!
Loves!
(: Katie!
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