Priorities priorities priorities priorities priorities. Time. Priorities priorities priorities. Time. So many priorities, but not enough time. And in the end of the day, am I missing out on something? Something I can never take back?
Education, a big priority. Priority with a capital P. That takes up about my whole day. From 8:15 to 3:20, my pencil is quickly scribbling down notes, jolting down algebra problems, conjugating spanish verbs, and taking tests. The only break my wrist gets is during brunch and lunch. Then I get home at around 3:50 and hastily eat a quick meal. I should be doing homework, but I need to take a well deserved break from school for at least an hour. I grab my duffle bag and go back to school and in the gym for I have basketball practice at 5:30. Basketball, another priority, helps me relax and relieve stress from school, but it tires me. Depending how hard the coach is on us, we usually get home at about 8:30. No time to talk with my parents, I have to go take a shower. Then there's dinner, and I wish I could talk to my parents about my day, but I eat quickly because I have homework to do. I go to my room and start my homework at about 9:30 and usually do not finish until midnight or later.Family, another BIG priority. All the while I can hear my family laughing in the living room, spending quality time together. Time I am missing out on. I get out of my room after I am done with all my homework. The hallway is dark and all the lights are off. I cautiously walk to the kitchen and get some milk and cookies, a tradition I've been doing since preschool. Then I walk back to my room and sit and eat and drink and think.
I think and ponder on what I did that day and what I didn't do. I did the required, my homework, practice, school, but at what cost? All these rigorous courses and athletics are really taking a toll on my life, pushing me away from my family. Am I happy? In the long run, I believe I will. After all, all these "preparation classes" and "advance placement classes" are for "the future" where you are promised happiness and success. But what about right now? Is there any happiness in not being able to spend time with your family or missing out on important milestones because of school?
After all this thinking is done, I go to sleep late, preparing myself for yet another day, just like the day before and the day before and the day before that one. And the just like the next day and the day after that.
