Work, Play and Limits

By Lucille Farrell

Hello Bloggers,

I’m sure many of you are currently entering your spring break, or have another week to go. I know ours is rather early out here, but if you’ve just finished yours, welcome back! If you’re heading out, I truly hope you’re going somewhere fantastic, or are catching up on sleep. I regret I didn’t get a chance to update last week. I have been in zombie mode for the last week and a half. This is what happens around midterms. Everyone decides it is the right time to get everything accomplished and turned in. Between classes, midterms, group meetings, meetings with professors, and remembering my actual homework, I have been exhausted.

I’ve spoken about this before, but I always feel the need to state it again: Know your limits. We are not all superheroes. If only we were. I’d love to have afternoon coffee with about 90% of the Marvel population. That’s a discussion for another day though. You’ll all hear about my fangirl side for Marvel. The point is, we all have limits. I have a tendency to push mine, but that’s just who I am. Plus, that’s my major. I believe in chaos. Chaos is fun; it keeps you on your toes. It isn’t, however, a lifestyle for everyone. I know people that literally need to be dragged out of their room or else they will never leave it for fear of getting nothing accomplished. That’s not exactly the healthiest way to live. Especially when they give you a lecture about going out when you should be studying. Like I said, know yourself. If I hadn’t gone out with friends on Saturday night I would have stayed in, studied for about twenty minutes and had a breakdown. Instead I went out with two of my best friends, one of whom was visiting from South Dakota, and had a wonderful time. I got up on Sunday to say goodbye to my friend before she drove back (at the ungodly hour of 8 am), slept for another three hours, and went into homework/study mode. That is how I work. I like my Saturdays, but I won’t lie. There are times I have a weekend of studying. The thing is to learn when you study too much. If you catch yourself staring at the same page for over five minutes, shut the book. Go eat a cookie. Seriously, go eat a cookie, replenish your blood sugar levels. You can thank me later. That statement also applies for when you’re feeling cranky. GO EAT A COOKIE.

I’m going to take a moment here to give myself a little pat on the back as well. I spoke in an earlier blog about getting involved on campus, both in clubs and on housing staff. Well, I just found out the other night I was invited to be a Resident Peer Minister on campus. This is wonderful for several reasons. First of all, I’ve had wonderful experiences with my past RPMs and really wanted to chance to be there for other students. Secondly, I was really worried about acceptance because I didn’t know how they would feel about adding a soon to be senior to their ranks, instead of completely new eyes. Thirdly, woo! Just a completely YAY moment for getting the opportunity to work with other housing staff on campus to make university life a little more enjoyable. I’ll find out in about two weeks where I will be living and working with. On campus there are seven RPMs that serve either in Regina Hall (freshmen), Pacelli Hall (freshmen and transfers), and the Quad Halls (for the upperclassmen). For me I would be happy to work anywhere, I’m just so excited for the opportunity to do so.

Just remember, be good to each other and be good to yourself. It’ll help you in the long run more than you may realize.

Peace, Love, and Cougars.

Lucille Farrell is a junior Organizational Communications major with a minor in Anthropology. She is originally from New Haven, CT and is involved with the Honors Student Advisory Council, Student Government Association (SGA) and Anthropology Club.