Going Fast when you're feeling Slow

Lately the pressure has been mounting upon us juniors to strain and strive for high GPA's, to franticly frisk our textbooks for information for our finals, to search high and low for the perfect college, to join clubs to impress colleges, but to stay focused on school to impress colleges. Lately, it has become too much to deal with. These things are important for sure, we need an education to get a job, and a job to live, but that kind of life is hardly worth the fight. We AP students lose track of time; only yesterday we drifted into our first AP class, and one day, if we are not careful, will wake up and realized we wasted away in the pages of our Barron's review book. We need to remember every once and a while to put the book down, roll the kinks out of our shoulders, lie back on the couch, and relax.

Being smarter doesn't make one happier. Sure it can make one richer and eventually happier, but we will be old men and women when we are stable enough to be rich. Life is short and we should enjoy life as it is now. APUS is for the past, scholarships are for the future, life is right now. Whether you enjoy playing soccer, or curling up with a book, be sure to spend a few minutes every day living.