Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Walk or Work, Hike or Homework?

   I love nature. Who won't enjoy a hike in the woods once in a while?  However, I am a true city girl and I prefer a city life style. Why do people toil in offices for long hours everyday? It is because office workers are often paid better than people who do physical work.  It is the matter of financial reward rather than an aversion to physical work.  Also, in our climate, who want to work outdoors in a cold rainy day? 
   I am a busy student who have little time for anything else other than studying and doing homework.  I cannot find time for walking and running outside when I have to solve a hundred of math equations.  On every Wednesday afternoon and Sunday morning, I have to go to studio and learn to draw with life models to prepare my graduating portfolio. On Saturday mornings, I have more English classes to attend to improve my English skills as there is still a lot of room for me to improve. With a mountain of homework piled on by every teacher, how would I find time to sholve the snow?  After working late every night, I need to go sleep in order to not fall asleep in class and I get up just in time to get to school.  There is no time for any sort of outside activities.  If teachers learn to become more lenient by giving less homework, then I will have more time to do some physical activities and become more healthy. But then if we do less school work and work less harder, how can we get good grades to get into university?  What a difficult decision we have to make?
      I like to watch TV actually, I simply have no a little time for TV on weekend. It's not I don't want to go outside for a sweaty workout, but that is the only time that I can watch my favourite idol for just a little bit, how could I escape that chance? It is not that I want to sit in front of my computer and type, I have to use the computer because I have to finish the projects assigned by my teachers and check e-mails my teacher may have sent to me. I also have to use computer to social with my friends in order to not have too much peer pressure.It is not that I do not like to go for a walk in the sunshine and breath in the fresh air to call my spirit back from the noisy crowds rather than sit in a closed stuffy room and cause massive damage to my brain cells.I am just too busy, but not too lazy.  It is my life, and I am just overloaded with work to have the freedom of choice.

  

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  1. First: go into Settings, then Formatting and change language to ENGLISH.
    Have you ever thought to cut back on the busy work? Or multi-task? I think you are leading a stressful life but it's self-imposed. I think people make choices based on their upbringing. I know many people who love to work outdoors and many who are very busy and still make time to work out. I guess it is your priorities in the end. Something has to give, right? Teachers will never stop giving homework, just as likely as bosses are not going to allow you to do no work. University is even more work than what you're doing now. If you can't find balance now, you will never find balance in life. University isn't about finding a good job. No one is guaranteed a job with a university degree. University doesn't guarantee happiness or health either. So all your work is for naught if you are unhappy. Figure out how to stay healthy. Don't blame your situation in life or blame others. Take life by the horns and make choices that priorize mental and physical health. Don't get too pessimistic about it all. You are too young for that!

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