One Month Later

I'm officially one month into this final semester and it is the farthest thing from what I expected this last semester to be.  I've had so many things change in the last month that I believe myself to be quite thoroughly disoriented and disillusioned.  As I said the other day to a friend, "The one thing that will never change during this semester is the amount of homework I have to complete.  Everything else is subject to scerw up my life."  I'm not really complaining about the amount of academic reading and writing I've been doing this semester- it definitely keeps my mind temporarily distracted from the bigger, more depressing issues that I've been dealing with this last month.  It's just that throwing myself into my studies is not enough to keep my mind off of those other things I wish I could permanently delete from my mind.  More outlets are needed-  and those seem to be disappearing rather than presenting themselves as we move farther into the fall season (a season of change, ironically).

So tonight I'm flooding this post with inspirational pictures that I hope to be able to look back on whenever I'm in as bad of a spot as I am right now.  Hopefully this will give anyone who stumbles upon my blog during a bad day a few rays of sunshine:

When you're having a bad day, a bad week, or a bad month, remember these important things:

1.  Bad things happen.  Usually the event, as bad as it may be, is a fraction of the pain inflicted upon us by our own minds. 

 

 

2. If you're dealing with someone walking out of your life or your decision to let someone go, you may feel  lost and the phrase, "I don't know what to do now," may flash through your mind frequently. This is what you have to remember:



 

 

3.  If you're experiencing a turbulent time in your life, lack of control may make you feel like giving up.  Don't.

 

 

4.  If your life is rapidly changing you may be getting a chance to try something new in life.  Don't let it pass you by because you're afraid of the unknown.

 

 

 

5.  Don't plan your life according to someone else's dreams unless you know that being with them is part of your dream.  Stay focused on what you want to get out of life.

 

 

 

6. Don't wait around for life to hand you the American Dream.  It doesn't work that way.

 

 

And, finally, if the day is too much for you to handle, set an alarm, crawl into bed, cry it out and then gain the temporary escape by sleeping.  You'd be amazed how much a good cry and sleep can help you- it won't solve your problems, but it can give you a place to rest in a crazy world.

 

 



So here's to better days ahead, a future for each of us, and, if we choose it, a love worth our valuable time.  I can promise that in the days ahead, as I try to find more outlets for my frustration and anxieties this semester, I will be looking back on this blog to remind myself that my bad times are only temporary, and that I'm the only  one that can make myself feel better.

 

*All of these pictures were pulled from the Facebook page Lessons Learned In Life.  It's a great page if you want some inspiration each day-  it's definitely helped me out a lot recently. :)