Well folks, one more semester down. I can't believe it. After one more semester I'm halfway done with my bachelor's degree and maybe my college experience. Hopefully not though, I'm still planning on graduate school. Anyway... I was crunching some numbers today.
Total money spent on tuition thus far: $4,420
Total money spent on books thus far: $828.21
Total money spend on housing this semester: $1,118
Total money spent on laundry thus far: $3.25
(Ops. I don't do my laundry even close to often enough.)
Total credit hours now earned: 82.50
Total hours spent in the library this past semester: 200+ hours
(That adds up to 9.2 days for those of you who wanted to know. Sick, right?)
These are gross numbers. All around. But...
Lessons learned: priceless and numberless.
I know that sounds cheesy, but really. What is this time in my life really for? I find myself asking this question frequently when I become frustrated with school and boys and friends and work and everything. It's for learning, about myself, about the world around me, about my purpose here on earth, and more importantly about my Savior and Heavenly Father and what I need to do to be able to prove my worthiness to them and make it back to live when them someday.
Sometimes when I look at those numbers and compare them with my gpa I think, "Gee. What a waste of my time and money. What I am doing with my life?" Then sometimes I look at those numbers and compare them with old journal entries and think, "Wow, I sure have grown up a lot and learned a lot of valuable lessons that have made and continue to make me a better person."
Basically what I'm trying to get at here is remember the bigger picture. This life is a test; are you doing all that you can to prepare for it? Procrastination is not going to work - I've learned that the hard way. So as Elder Winkel would say, keep the faith! And as Elder Hansen would say, find joy in the journey! Keep going, you can do it. And when you look back, it'll all be worth it.
