Ansh Gala | Week 16: Hindsight is so funny
Do you guys remember cruising through school last year? Because if I am totally honest, last year felt hard when we were sophomores. Like now that I look back I realize how little work I had to do, and obviously how little work I actually did.
Last year was a vacation compared to junior year. One AP test which I barely had to study for. The rest of my regular classes, which also required the bare minimum work for credit. And my careless attitude, ready to waste all my time. Productivity was not present in my life at all, and there was no pressure to make me productive. Still the only way I remember sophomore life was with late nights finishing up assignments last minute or studying for tests I knew about months ahead in time. Looking back I do not know exactly what happened last year.
I do remember the fun events though, which I sort of miss this year. With all the extra time I had last year, I went to many more events. This year, all this homework, mostly from AP lang, and multiple AP tests looming over my head, everything else has just fallen into the background. All my other activities have taken a backseat.
I just miss the days when I would spend playing games or watching television without worrying so much. Maybe I took those years for granted. Maybe I should have enjoyed it more, gone out more, done more activities. But then again, those times would not be as worriless if I spent time thinking about how much I had to or should have done.
Hi Ansh! I just want to say that your blog is super relatable and I said some similar things in my own! Junior year has definitely been a hundred times harder than freshman or sophomore year. Having no APs freshman year and just one sophomore year definitely spoiled me. I wish I could go back and enjoy my time more. But, you're right: it was only enjoyable because I was not worried about making the most of my time. Like you said, I was "cruising through school." I do still think that we don't appreciate the easy, anxiety-free times until they're gone. But, we're almost at the end of this school year; we made it! Anyways, thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi Ansh! I completely agree with you, that this year it has been harder to enjoy activities due to the workload of our classes. However, I think this is good practice, because it can teach us life work balance. Even though it has been hard to manage all the classwork, and still have fun at events, learning to balance the two has helped me improve my time-management skills. Though junior year has been hard, I am very excited for senior year. I greatly look forward to events like Senior Sunrise, Senior Cruise, and more! Overall, your blog was enjoyable to read, and congratulations on finishing your last blog of the year!
ReplyDeleteHi Ansh! I completely agree with you when you said that last year was like a vacation when it is compared to junior year. Last year I used to come back from school and finish my homework in less than two hours. Now it takes me more that four hours to finish it, and on top of that I have to study for upcoming quizzes. I don’t I am the only one who is faced with this, but I don’t think there has been a single week were I have not had a test, wether it be a small quiz, or a big unit test. I miss the days were I could relax at home without worrying about anything, but as junior year is coming to an end, I hope I can get that life back in the summer.
ReplyDeleteHi Ansh,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is entirely relatable, last year felt like a pleasant fever dream compared to this, almost hellish, year. Sophomore year was a year where I also got to explore more aspects of the school, like events that I honestly never even knew existed (I was incredibly introverted freshman year), and attending them with my friends really solidified many happy memories for sophomore year. It felt like one enormous vacation workload-wise compared to this year, which would relate to what you mentioned about cruising through last year. Hopefully as seniors we regain some of that freedom back.