Day 008

It's amazing to think about it, but it's my final semester at college. When I was a freshman more than three years ago, who thought that this day would actually come?

Even if we are stubborn, time will always drag us forward.

The facts:

Start: Jan 10 - Spring classes begin
End: May 23 - Commencement

Total number of days = 134 days

Today is Jan 17, so already we're on day 8. I know that regretting the past isn't productive, but I don't want to repeat the mistakes I've made in the past -- I want to make the most of this last semester. I'm going to take action and do things in the past that I didn't do, maybe because I didn't have the time or courage, had different priorities, or made different excuses.

I'm going to really live it up in ways that I haven't before, so I can look back at this semester and love the rest of my time here.

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Goals
Don't leave things for the last minute. I probably cause myself way more stress than necessary because I leave things for the last minute instead of being prepared and getting them done earlier. I'd enjoy my classes  much more too, because I'd actually have time to think about and engage with them deeply, which is presumably why I took them in the first place...

Be more social. I love my friends, so spending more time with them will be fantastic. I want to meet and get to know more people -- people are the most interesting part of this world imo, and as I know well from the health and psychology literature, friendships and your relationships with other people are the keys to a healthy, happy life of longevity.

Exercise. I know, I know, everyone has this on their resolution/goal/promise list. And I'm not overweight -- some people have even called me skinny (really, I wouldn't go that far), but I used to be really chubby. It took thousands of hours of tennis throughout middle and high school to lose that weight, but even then, I was still super self-conscious until around my freshman year of college. 

I already eat healthy and am at a healthy weight, but I feel squishy around the middle, I can't touch my toes, and I could barely move my 20 lb boxes into storage at the end of the year by myself. I want to be more in shape: fitter, stronger, more flexible. I know I can do this -- it takes effort though, and I want to prioritize this more so I can make it happen.

Fix my sleep schedule. No more sleeping at 3am and hauling myself up at 9 the next morning or sleeping until 12pm and almost missing brunch. I'll fix my sleeping schedule, so I'm in bed or asleep by 12:30am and get 7 hrs of sleep each night. Good-bye fatigue and dark baggy circles under my eyes. Hello well-rested!

Cultivate hobbies. My poor guitar, resting against my bookshelf all alone. I want to learn the basics of guitar so I can play a basic song and sing to it in the Silliman courtyard by the time it's warm in the spring -- sunshine and warm breezes, lovely. And tea too, which I adore, I want to become more educated about the varieties, how the leaves are grown, harvested, prepared, the nuances in taste.

Try and do things I've never done or dreamed of doing before.