Today in class, we checked in on eachother to see how people were doing handling the stresses of spring quarter. A lot of people from the class are graduating after this quarter, so the stress of finding jobs and concurrently finishing difficult classes is a recipe for exhaustion, so I hope that my fellow classmates are taking steps to enjoy the process as much as the delayed reward end-result. It is important to take a deep breathe sometimes to appreciate all you have and to keep moving forward with a smile on your face. This concept was very well articulated through the presentation on the book we have been reading in class. We had discussions on balancing future visions and present satisfactions, why appreciating people before its too late is so important, etc. We go through life trying to achieve goals and knock things off of the bucket list, and this is good, as long as we are not constantly looking forward to the next thing. If we are focusing on events in the future while doing things now, how much are we being mindful of the present? We need to look at life as a holistic balance between learning and remembering the past, enjoying the present and the process to achieve your goals, and looking towards a positive future. On another note, we also met with our HAP groups to discuss the next steps to planning our events. My group is doing the walkathon, and we have a set time and date. We have reached out to some walking groups, but we still have a few groups we need to reach out to and we need to map out a course to have an idea of what we want the course to be. I am excited for this event, and it will be a great pre-cursor to my marathon I am running the following day!
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