{"id":360,"date":"2013-10-23T01:18:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T01:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/reslife\/?p=360"},"modified":"2014-01-27T18:29:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T18:29:32","slug":"whatre-you-going-to-do-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/reslife\/2013\/10\/23\/whatre-you-going-to-do-today\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019re you going to do TODAY?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by\u00a0Kimberly Webber<\/a><\/span><\/span>,<\/span> Resident Programming\u00a0Assistant for Todd\/Phibbs<\/span><\/span><\/span>
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Are you going to spend today worrying, studying, relaxing, talking to loved ones, joking around, procrastinating or doing a multitude of other activities? Now that midterms have come and gone and we are \u00bd of the way through the semester and \u00bc of the way into the school year, it\u2019s time to reflect a little bit. But how long will you dwell on the things done wrong or try to react to the things done right when the reality is you have TODAY to do something different?<\/p>\n

There are one thousand perspectives to this video and I believe we all become subject to different ones at different times. For examples, in the same week I: found how to run my TODAY more efficiently, having no regrets in the process; and I accepted that I would run my TODAY with a clear head, a full heart and many laughs:<\/p>\n

When I was studying for my midterms I had a few freak-out nights. That night I spent in Thompson until 2 in the morning trying to reteach myself International Marketing strategies from a study guide that I clearly should have prepared days earlier. But of course it seems clear now. Next semester, I will prepare my study guide sooner. 5 days before my exam, you will find me fully utilizing that TODAY.<\/p>\n

When I had friends visiting from Whitman the weekend before midterms week, I spent about \u00bd my Saturday worrying about how I would get all my essays and studying done. Gone, wasted, useless. Once my friends arrived, I didn\u2019t look at a clock, I didn\u2019t pick up a textbook or print out a study guide. I was present. I may not have been very \u201cproductive\u201d, but I ran that TODAY. I dictated how it would go and loved it.<\/p>\n

This is just some food for thought as midterms are over (or \u00bd the semester for those of you without midterm exams and papers) and you have a \u201cfresh start\u201d to: the same classes you\u2019ve been laboring in and enjoying learning from for the past seven weeks; the numerous clubs you\u2019ve been squeezing into your schedules instead of squeezing out their full potential; the relationships new and old you\u2019d like to maintain.<\/p>\n

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TODAY: On Saturday of fall break I put all thoughts of school work and responsibility aside and enjoyed the beautiful Fall day with RA Megan Baunsgard<\/p><\/div>\n

Jim Rohn (1930-2009) was an entrepreneur and business philosopher who said: \u201cEither you run the day or the day runs you\u201d \u2013 keep that in mind as you step out on your next endeavor. What will you do TODAY?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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