Winter time, after the excitement of winter break and finals, can suck. Spring break is so far away, Summer vacation even farther, and the chance of having anything exciting or fun to look forward to dwindle.
With the crazy weather that is predicted for Tuesday night and Wednesday, the school is buzzing over the possibility for a snow day. That is the topci each student, teacher, and administrator has on the mind, none with what I would think of as worry. Everyone involved could benefit from a day off.
Why, though, is that the focus of attention? It is because we all need something to look forward to, something to seperate the days from one another.
As we go about our lives in the dark days of winter, we fall into ruts, doing the same things every day without any change or excitement.
All this being said, we need to find ways of thrilling up our lives. It is not enough to simply live to get through to spring break. We need to create certain benchmarks to live for.
For me, the longest I can go without something to look forward to is two weeks. I have to set deadlines, times when I can know that something fun, exciting, or special will happen.
NFTY convention is 18 days away. Even that is too long. I have to set the Super Bowl, hanging out with friends, whatever, as my goals. This is an almost entirely psychological thing. Will I actually not be able to survive 18 days without somethign to look forward to? No, of course not. But the ability to be happy causes the need for something in our lives to look forward to.
So lets all hope for a white Wednesday.
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