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How To Finally Get Things Done

I probably should've done that.

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How To Finally Get Things Done
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Do you have that calendar on the floor that you told yourself you would hang up on your wall as soon as you bought it? Do you have the really great picture that you told yourself you would buy a frame for? Do you have that messy bathroom that you told yourself you would never let get that messy, yet it’s even messier than you could have imagined it ever being? How about that friend that you always say you need to hang out with but plans never seem to work themselves out? What about that thing that you have just been waiting to buy to spoil yourself, but you haven’t bought it yet? Or that job you have that you hate with a passion, but haven’t left it yet?

Whatever your “I shoulds” are, I know that we all have hundreds of them that come across us on a daily basis and they never seem to really phase us. It’s more of a "I will do this later" kind of attitude or even a "I will just struggle through it." “No, I don’t want to set myself up for success, I don’t want to change” is basically what is going through our minds subconsciously, which is fine, because we are college students, right? We go through enough change with our professors and their syllabusus, I mean syllabi.

But why don’t we actually act upon these opportunities and see what they will bring to us? Making yourself happy in the smaller moments can only bring larger and more frequent happier moments. College is what you make of it and what you bring to the table. You are there to better yourself through education and experience, so why do we treat life any different? It’s important to walk into any new situation with just as much fear or confidence you would have when you walk into a new class, or when you finally put up the calendar in your room, looking at it just as you would look at your watch in the last minute of your least favorite class from ending. There are a lot of similarities of the college life and our own lives that can actually be looked at to make us better individuals.

Why would you want to go to a place that you hate, when you made the choice of being there, you can make the choice to leave just as easily. While it may not seem easy in the moment, think of the benefit it will have in the future. Take every advantage to better yourself and don’t get comfortable. Always do something that keeps your routine a little different. Go out and save up and buy that thing you have been wanting forever, go and hangout with that friend, make new experiences that make your life more interesting than it was yesterday. Save the “I shoulds” for homework and naps because you will soon be thinking I should’ve, just like you should’ve read that syllabus.

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