Saturday, January 23, 2010

2010 for Beth

Being a Junior is stressful.
Every day is the same. I wake up, get ready for school, leave the house at 7:40. Run through all of my classes. Stay after school until four-ish, to go home and work on homework until around 9:30. Bed by around eleven. In spare time, I usually worry about my future test scores, or my upcoming calculus test, or Greg.
By the end of the year, I would like to institute a few changes.
I would like to have all of my college applications done. I have been worried about these since I watched The Perfect Score, and got a true look at how painful, rigorous, and frightening college applications could be.
I would like to have a better idea of where I wanted to go to college. This is directly related to me having a better idea of what I wanted to do with my life- something I also home to work on in 2010.
Looking at this list, I realize that they seem almost painfully predictable. I haven't read anyone else's post, but I am willing to bet that at least a couple people have said the same thing. So, something more creative, maybe?
I really want to be able to run three miles in a row, make my way through Religions of Man, and be able to touch my toes to the back of my head in that yoga position, the seal; make scrambled eggs without burning the butter in the pan; babysit the kids down the street without coming home in tears; be nicer to Amy; wake up on time to go to school, so my dad won't have to get mad at me every morning; learn to make coffee, and while i'm at it, start to drink coffee; learn to appreciate more of my family's Home in Wisconsin, and learn the land, and the tree plantations, and learn what exactly i'm supposed to do when I no longer have my parents around to show me that this way is the best way.
Maybe I can't do all of this in one year. I'll start with the egg scrambling.

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