End of The Semester Burn-out…

If it hasn’t already happened, it’s coming…

Say Hello to the End of the Semester Burn-out, for it’s bound to welcome you with opens arms, shower you with late nights and early mornings of caffeine and tired eyes. Even your brain will turn on you during this time, but it’s okay. This is only proof that you’ve worked your butt off to earn that ‘A‘ or ‘C‘.

Fear not, your burn-out is a sign of the good that’s ahead, and soon you will have earned your title of being an academic athlete. That’s right, your brain is a muscle and like any other muscle in the body it needs to worked-out and exercised. Therefore, if you’re experiencing brain fatigue and or mental burn-out it’s perfectly natural. What you must keep in mind is balance. We often neglect to treat our mind like it is a muscle and therefore, it must be treated as such, so give that hard-working brain of yours a rest.

Here are a few simple tips to maintain your sanity:

• Change your scenery, if you’re used to studying in a library or in your room alone, it’s time to change it up. Go to a local coffee shop and sit next to a window, try Barnes & Nobles, Create a small study group and study outdoors.
• Take a small rest, let your mind stop, do lazy brain activities like watch TV, go see a movie or talk on the phone with a classmate or fold clothes.
• Last but not least Breathe… Before you know it your semester will be over.

To Thy Own Self Be True…

There are various times in our lives where we hide behind the lies we live by. Therefore, our lives are no longer life; they become routine, or this comfortable regimen that we’ve created. When this happens we are no longer ourselves, we’re this character in a story waiting to be re-written, waiting for the next plot to happen. Life is all but too short for this. How do we break this routine? What is this routine where we find ourselves swimming in this Bermuda Triangle like life with no land in sight? Where have our dreams and desires gone, and most importantly how do we get them back?

You gotta dig deep within, and don’t be afraid of what you find in the rough lurking in the darkest corners of your soul. Sometimes you just have to let some things that you’ve been lugging around go. Sometimes it’s this false sense of security that’s holding us back from moving forward; as though we’re not ready for our own personalized joy and happiness that comes with life… How and why so many of us are afraid of success puzzles me to this very moment. Who other than your own creator knows you better than you know yourself. Know when to push, when to walk away, when to stay, when to run as fast as you can to or back, when to cry, when it’s time to apologize, when it’s time to hide, but most importantly know when it’s time to be you.

To Thy Own self Be True…. Only you can uncover you.. Ask yourself, “What makes me tick? Where am I my happiest? What am I really good at?” As always, LIKE, SHARE, and feel free to comment…

Feeling Stagnant???

Have you ever felt like you were going nowhere fast? Have you awaken in the middle of the night and the first thing in the morning dreading the next few hours of your life that encompasses work? Me too… These feelings easily stem from a job or the position we’re in at work that is not doing one or all of the following: Utilizing all of the skills we possess, our hard work goes unnoticed and or our jobs are boring, and even more obvious is that we’re simply in the wrong career.

This is step one to acknowledging that it’s time to move on… But not so fast, lets not be too hasty. You’ve got to have a plan, and part of that plan is knowing yourself. The Shakespeare adage is, “to thine own self be true” this means “not to deceive yourself” as many have already done so by pulling themselves into choosing careers for the sake of having money. People often think that it’s about the amount of money we earn at work and it’s not always the case. Please don’t misinterpret my thoughts, getting paid a decent amount does help, but who cares if 8-10 hours of your life is spent in misery. This feeling is completely draining and disorienting, we loath behind desks piled with lost hopes and dreams while mentally withering away. This is step two, where you begin to miss who you once were or used to be so much so that you start to think that the old you was a false depiction of your true self. Take this opportunity to get to know what truly makes you happy. See where you can apply your best skills. Take some time to do some serious soul searching, meditate on your thoughts talk only to your closest friend as they know you best and won’t steer you wrong. Soon there will be a light at the end of the tunnel and this is step three. You’ll have drafted a plan either in your mind or on paper and then it’s time to execute these plans. You won’t always get it right the first time and sometimes not even the second, but you will eventually get it right.

It’s important to be patient with yourself while you’re soul searching, accept whatever your limitations maybe while embracing your strengths. Before you know it you’ll no longer be feeling stagnant.

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