Don't Worry, Be Happy

The American dream is something that everyone seems to live for; however nowadays it seems to be just that, a dream. We've all had to make sacrifices in our lives in order to gain some of the things that we want and in the process it's easy to become a mere shadow of everything that you were once prideful of about yourself. But what allows us to get to this point in our life? Eager to accomplish all the goals that we initially had in place for ourselves we strive to be the best, but there always seems to be something, or someone that tries to pull us back down. It's gotta be scientifically proven somewhere that time goes by faster the more fun you are having, but the opposite can definitely be said for the times that you are bored out of your mind. Night after night, my sister came home after work with another story to tell expressing how much she enjoyed her job. I never quite understood if she actually enjoyed her job that much or she just wanted to rub it in my face since she knew how I felt about mine. When I think about all the reasons that I have put up with what had to be the most unpleasant times of my life I realize that I in fact only had one, and that reason had lost its meaning over time. So, I decided to do something that I knew I would never be able to take back, something that would finally liberate me from all of the wrongdoing that I had experienced for the past two years....I quit.

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Point: Life is too short to accept something that makes you unhappy.

Fireside Lunch Break

One by one, students begin filing into the commons at the same time each day while the line at Salsarita’s quickly extends around the corner and the lunch tables under the flags take only minutes to fill. Even with all the commotion going on mere steps away, the upper level of the Commons seems unaffected by the initiation of free hour. Perhaps the most welcoming area on the top floor of the commons, the fireside lounge is a small social gathering area complete with cozy chairs and a glowing fireplace yearning for bodies to surround it during the colder months of the year. Although the room is fairly unused during the morning hours, there tends to be a scattering of the occasional faculty/student group meeting or wandering student closer to the lunch hours of the day. The evenings usually leave the lounge with a presence similar to the morning.

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