It is finally summer vacation! With summer time comes new found freedom but the question is, what do i do with all this free time? For me, it was an easy decision, take summer classes. Now you may be thinking, “why would you choose to take summer classes during your summer vacation?” To be completely honest, I wanted to keep my job as a student worker at Parkland College over the summer and into the fall, but in order to do that, I have to be a full time student. But as I began to sign up for classes for the summer, my reason for taking the classes changed. I have been wanting to take a digital photography class and summer was my perfect opportunity to do so. I also wanted to take a Mass Communications course to explore my careers options in the field.
I always imagined myself relaxing during my summers in college, maybe do some traveling, visit some friends and not have a care in the world. But that theory has proved wrong, along with taking six credit hours over the summer I have three part-time jobs. First, I work in the marketing office at Parkland, I babysit once a week for about fours hours, and I will be working at Clark Lindsey Village. In staying busy this summer, I have already seen how difficult it can be if I do not plan ahead so lesson number one so far is to plan accordingly. I went out and bought a planner; they are fairly inexpensive and I find it rewarding to write everything down. But if you are one to write things down and not go back to read what you wrote, the planner becomes useless. I encourage everyone to have a planner or at least a notebook to write down all there engagements. Lesson number two, get good sleep. The other day when I came home, I went straight to my bed an slept for about and hour and a half. I couldn’t figure out why I was s sleepy all the time but then I was asked what time I was going to bed. I had been going to bed around 2 a.m. on most nights then waking up around 7:30 a.m. to be in class by 9. Yeah… that’s not a good idea. It’s no wonder why I was exhausted all the time! It’s a good thing that I realized all this early on rather than later, otherwise I would have been drained by the end of the summer.
