In truth, I always crash before spring break. I hit the deepest slump of either semester. I turn into an utter blob of anti-work. Hopefully, I am not alone when I say that I rely on spring break to rejuvenate me. Yet I always run into the same issue after it. spring break ruins my rhythm.
I develop a rhythm for how I operate in class, my jobs, internships and homework. I can never find this rhythm, as this rhythm always finds me. It develops slowly, like a river carving out a canyon. Whenever I go into a semester with a planned schedule, I usually ditch it within the second week of classes. Yet I am still human and thus a creature of habit. I do develop a schedule, one that is usually unknown until I am removed from it. Once a single thing goes amiss from this rhythm, it turns into a series of missteps until everything is ruined. Maybe I am being a bit dramatic.
My mother imparted a piece of military advice to me, “get used to the suck.” That is usually how my average semester goes. As a person working two jobs, doing an internship, running a student club, all while commuting 30 minutes each way, it can suck. But I get used to it and then thrive in it. Yet once I get a piece of heaven, I realize what hell I am living in. Maybe I am being a bit dramatic.
Spring break is heaven though— nothing but my job and a lot of free time. I spent it doing chores, binging TV shows, reading, hanging out with friends and more. Now I have returned to school and no free time. The first week back, my entire innate schedule has been in disarray. I woke up late, I sat in the wrong seats, I forgot to eat and forgot specific dates. My entire rhythm is off, so now instead of dancing through the pain, I am flailing. Maybe I am being a bit dramatic.
Spring break isn’t so bad, and without it, I probably would just sink into a pocket dimension of laziness on my couch. But it does have an adverse effect, and I am not being dramatic about that.
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