Enjoy Life

Well October has begun to fly by! I cannot believe it is already the 16th. It's taken me quite some time to write again because this little lady has been a busy bee! Although I am basically on a 6 month vacation, I still, unfortunately, have schoolwork that must be done. It just happens that the professors here are identical to the professors at home and like to pile on work all at the same time. I sometimes think that our professors get together to scheme of when they all want their students to suffer most and just pile on loads of work that never lets us see the light of day. But that, of course, is not what I am blogging about today. I decided to take the time to talk about self management.
As an adult, you are given a lot of responsibility. With responsibility, there is a lot of other things that are tagged on. The majority of the time, the "other things" are stressful tasks that are just part of the process of reaching the goal at the end. We learn with school how to manage our time, and with vacation we learn how to not let our extra time be taken for granted. In a situation like study abroad is where things get a little complicated. Not only do you have to know how to wisely manage your time for school (getting to class on time, giving yourself enough time to finish your homework, scheduling enough time so you can be well rested, etc), but you also have to learn that no matter how lucky you are to be in a foreign place, you are only there for a short period of time and cannot let yourself waste your precious time. I have learned that the hardest part for me is to let myself have and enjoy the precious moments. For those of you that know me, I am fairly studious and like to make sure I get things done in a timely manner. However, a lot of times I like to over think things and give myself too much time so I can perfect my creations. Unfortunately, spending that extra time on school work takes away from the enjoyment of life. In my time that I have spent here in Chile, I have realized how much time I spend on my studies (which is excellent), but I don't spend enough time on myself (which isn't so excellent). Thankfully, I have opened up way more here than I do at home and have come out of my shell so I can enjoy life. I have learned that I can take risks and not have to always think about the consequences. Now everything should be done in moderation, but we all need to learn to enjoy life and enjoy ourselves because other wise we are just wasting away our lives worrying about something that doesn't really matter. We are worrying about something that didn't matter in our past, and won't matter when we are dead. Thanks to Chile, I have learned to enjoy the life I have been given because it's a pretty great one. Not only is it great, but it's my own that I get to choose who I share it with. And to me, that makes life special, and worth enjoying.