Positivity

So if I have learned anything from this past week, it would be the fact that ‘it can always be worse’. I know most of my posts stem from my moaning about how shitty something is etc. etc. but I never stop to think how much worse it can be. This last week was probably one of the top worst weeks I believe I’ve ever had. Personally and academically.

This weekend (well, starting on Thursday) I took time for myself. I enjoyed everything as much as I could. Amusingly it kind of stemmed from going to see ‘Spamalot’ and the song ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’. You need to let yourself loose to enjoy random humour and you can’t bog yourself down with things that will only prevent you from enjoying yourself. The next day I accidentally slept in and missed three hours of class, something that normally pisses me right off. I admit, I was still upset with myself for missing those classes but when I thought about it, at least I got about four more hours of sleep than I would have originally. That night I went to a Chicago Bulls vs. Toronto Raptors NBA game (my first professional basketball game too!) and to be honest, I didn’t care who won (although I really wanted a free Big Mac). I had a great time not worrying about the things that bothered me for the past week. After that Rob and I decided on a whim to go to IIT to join others for karaoke and surprisingly (and to my delight) others that I would never thought of going to karaoke joined us too. In all honesty it was one of my most fun nights without alcohol (minus the few sips). To just let loose and have no cares. To sing at the top of my lungs without caring if someone thinks I’m terrible at singing. To spend time with classmates, colleagues and friends outside of the classroom. That is what is enjoyable. Play some sports, go for a run, play foosball until one in the morning.

Sure, I haven’t gotten any work done yet but I know I’ll get down to it when the time comes. It may be stressful (as I leave it all to the last minute) but I’ll remember that it can always be worse.

“If life seems jolly rotten
There’s something you’ve forgotten
And that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing.”