As the semester begins, I find myself overwhelmed with homework and life in general. I'm currently taking twenty credit hours, meaning I spend an average of twenty hours a week in class (it's actually closer to twenty-four). According to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, for every hour you spend in class, you can expect to spend an average of two to three hours in homework outside of class. Therefore, per week, I can expect forty-eight to seventy-two hours of homework a week. Together, I have anywhere from seventy-two to ninety-six hours a week in academics. Newsflash, there are one hundred and sixty eight hours in a week. Basically, this breaks down to, I have no time.
Then I came to this epiphany when I was drudging through my hours of homework - I realized that I can not do homework in my room. My roommate says it's because of my depressing taste in music, but I digress. I sit in my room and I feel I can't focus and I'm unproductive, and that lack of productivity just makes me angry with myself. Then I get angry and want to do nothing but eat or sleep. Then I waste time and I become even more angry.
So I decided to go to a local coffee shop today to try and get work done. I got about ten hours of work done in three hours. No, it was not because I was hyped up on espresso. It was because I found a place where the world felt content. I had a cup of coffee, some lovely music, and I was surrounded my commotion. Despite the commotion, I felt driven to work, and not distracted, unlike with the silence of my room.
Then I realized, everyone needs their place. It could be a shared or a public place. None the less, it is a place where you go and the world is content. Nothing can distract you and no wrong can exist there. You are free. But maybe this location isn't just a geographical thing. Maybe it's a mental state too. A mental state where you allow yourself to be free of whatever troubles you. Where your happiness blooms as your thoughts travel to new levels.
Space exists in multiple dimensions. But find your space, and run free.
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