Everywhere you look on social media platforms there are tweets, memes, vines, and everything of the sort that celebrate the end of the work week. Even in everyday conversations you will come across someone who is either complaining about it being Monday or someone who says they are doing well because it's Friday or close to the weekend. If you don't come across these types of people, you are that person. There is nothing bad about looking forward to the weekend, but it has come to point that people are forcing themselves through the week. People are only making it through the week for the parties on the weekend. It's sad to see people going through the motions of the week like zombies.

For some, they may not be working their dream job, which makes the work week long and tedious. Students everywhere dread going to class. We have all been there at one point. I found myself living this way in high school. I would live week by week, month by month, and year by year because I was unhappy and I continuously convinced myself I would just be happier in the near future. I thought that happiness would magically appear if I just pushed through the mundane. It didn't take long to realize that happiness wasn't going to just appear at my doorstep with a big red bow on top. I had to make my own happiness.

Everyone knows that life is really long, but it also flies right past our eyes. Years go by because we are focusing on the future and not the moments right in front of our faces. When we learn to find enjoyment and happiness in our everyday lives we are truly living. It can be hard if you hate school or your job isn't what you want to be doing, but practicing the art of finding purpose and enjoyment in the boring can help alleviate the weekday blues. It's not easy but sometimes it's necessary for mental and emotional health. Living everyday just to "get it over with" is becoming the norm for the young adults. That is not my definition of "living." I want to really live life everyday, not just when it's easy to enjoy or when things are going well.

People today need to realize this because it is easy to float through life, but a lot will go by and you will be left wondering what happened to the time you were given. Carpe Diem, people (and not just on Friday and Saturday)!