6. Overwhelmed

I absolutely hate feeling overwhelmed. It's not a feeling that I enjoy at all, yet it seems to be a feeling that is present a lot right now. Trying to balance school, rush, having a social life, having time for spiritual things, and trying to get enough sleep so that I can function in a decent manner is not coming easily to me. I want to give 100% to every area, but I just don't think that I'm able to right now.

School's beginning to be hectic. There's so many dates I have to remember and studying for tests and writing papers that actualy require thought (not that I don't want to think...it's just tough for me to sit down and do it). This mid-semester crunch that I've heard people talk about is coming true.

Rush....that's all I can say.

Having a social life is what seems to occupy a lot of my time these days, probably because it's easy. It doesn' take a ton of effort to hang out with people I like and have fun. That's usually not very hard. And it isn't something I like to sacrifice a lot although I feel I should for the sake of things that need more attention right now, like school.

My spiritual life is one of the things I'm most concerned about. I'm struggling with finding time to spend in the word and in prayer. Again, I should sacrifice some of that social life time in order to do this. After all, which is truly more important?

So time management seems like something I need to work on. It's definately not my strong point but through trials comes growth. So hopefully I, and you if you're struggling with time management, can use this opportunity to focus on what needs to be done and just do it--get priorities straight and have some discipline. I think it's worth a try.

PS - Don't forget to get your tickets for follies starting Mon. in the Caf!

4. Rush

One of the most asked questions these passed few weeks has been, "Are you rushin'?" And to this question I like to give the extremely corny answer, "No. I'm American." And I'm constantly surprised by the people who actually laugh. I thought everybody had heard that by now, but I guess not. But Thursday night, well actually Thursday afternoon at about 12:30, we started the Shawreth camp out. Shawreth only has a certain number of spots available in their club, so you've got to camp out the night before in order to hold your spot. I enjoyed it for the most part. I'm doing this rush thing in order to meet more people and get involved on campus. It was interesting to see how everything was delegated. Shawreth has nothing to do with the camp out and it's completely goverened by the freshmen that are rushing. We had one guy step up who started "the list" and took role every once in a while to make sure that everyone who was on the list was still there. There ended up being 21 spots this year, and 23 guys signed up.

One of the coolest things about the camp out was how everyone was helping us out. A bunch of the girls brought food and offered to get us food and were taking trips to wal(star)mart and all kinds of stuff. There were tons of other people out there throughout the day and night which was pretty cool too. I managed to catch a couple hours of sleep on a concrete bench in a wet sleeping bag with a wet pillow. It was interesting for sure!

This whole rush idea is new to me, and I'm left to wonder how it's going to go. I hear its challenging, which is why it builds brotherhood between the people who are rushing. I think this is a good thing and it sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun! The real challenge is going to come from managing school and all of this rush stuff. But I think it will be rewarding in the end