Always Look on the Bright Side of (College) Life
Kerianne Hobbs
Issue date: 9/17/08 Section: Diversions
The other day as I looked at the pathetic state of my checking account, a rather unfavorable side effect of being a college student, I thought to myself, "Just a couple more years and then I'll be making money, and life will be good. After I get though the next few years I'll be getting paid to work instead of paying to work."
After that statement rolled through my head I realized that I spent a great deal of my time thinking that if I just got through my current situation, then the next situation would be better. It's almost a constant "this, too, shall pass" attitude.
Remembering that "this, too, shall pass," is a great way to look at and get through the really hard times. Most of the time, however, there are enough positive aspects to a situation to overshadow the negative ones-it's just really hard to think that way.
I don't really know when I started seeing my life as something to get though, but I do know that it amplified in strength during my junior year of high school, when senioritis prematurely began to set in.
I don't think most people really liked their high school experience. I was just so sick of high school and ready to move on to the next stage of my life: college, the stage that many adults consider to be the best period of their lives. I thought "I just have to get through the next couple years of drama, gossip, and the general muck that is high school, and then I'll be onto college and life will be so much better."
For the most part life is better, except for the whole zero disposable income thing. But nevertheless, in typical human fashion, I still tend to dwell more on a few negative aspects than the many positive parts of my life.
I have this theory that life doesn't really get harder or easier, it just gets different. Sure, there are unexpected tragedies and changes that may truly make life harder or easier, but for the most part, the level of difficulty stays the same from one stage to the next.
After that statement rolled through my head I realized that I spent a great deal of my time thinking that if I just got through my current situation, then the next situation would be better. It's almost a constant "this, too, shall pass" attitude.
Remembering that "this, too, shall pass," is a great way to look at and get through the really hard times. Most of the time, however, there are enough positive aspects to a situation to overshadow the negative ones-it's just really hard to think that way.
I don't really know when I started seeing my life as something to get though, but I do know that it amplified in strength during my junior year of high school, when senioritis prematurely began to set in.
I don't think most people really liked their high school experience. I was just so sick of high school and ready to move on to the next stage of my life: college, the stage that many adults consider to be the best period of their lives. I thought "I just have to get through the next couple years of drama, gossip, and the general muck that is high school, and then I'll be onto college and life will be so much better."
For the most part life is better, except for the whole zero disposable income thing. But nevertheless, in typical human fashion, I still tend to dwell more on a few negative aspects than the many positive parts of my life.
I have this theory that life doesn't really get harder or easier, it just gets different. Sure, there are unexpected tragedies and changes that may truly make life harder or easier, but for the most part, the level of difficulty stays the same from one stage to the next.
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