I’m busy at Yale but happy, let me describe how and why

10 Sep

Posted by Sam Jackson as Blogging, Campus, College, Student Life, Teenagers, Yale, personal

I haven’t been blogging much because I’ve been really busy here at Yale, in a very good way. Many nights so far I have looked at my schedule of things to do on any given night extracurricularly etc., things that I am interested in–and find that I have four or five things happening concurrently. There are some tough choices to make in that respect but I’m relishing the amount of things to do, I’m not overwhelmed at all.

Today I had class (conversational french, intro psych, intro cognitive science) until around 4 with a short break for lunch–my first class was at 11:35 (Before you start envying me, I got up really early to fight Ticketmaster in an attempt to buy my mom springsteen tickets). When I got back to my room this afternoon I wrote up statements for my Freshman Class Council and Yale College Council campaigns. Tonight I will have to skip the Yale Record meeting because I am going to be trying out for two improv groups from 7 to 11 pm. I’ll also be missing the Yale ACLU and Democratic club meetings for the same reason. Tonight I may start work on a column for the Yale Herald, too. All in all, a lot of very fun things to do. My only regret is that there was more time to do more things!

I have to go run to buy some course packets now for classes, so I’ll end here.

Again, I have trouble emphasizing enough how awesome Yale is.

2 Responses

Dylan F

September 10th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
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Sam, long time reader first time commenter. I love your blog and your enthusiastic approach to everything is an inspiration to me! However, be careful not to burn yourself out…as a good friend once told me, you always need time to just stare at a blank wall.
Sam Jackson

September 10th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
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Hey Dylan, thanks so much for reading and commenting! My enthusiastic approach to everything is confusing and newfound, actually. I guess I have always been enthusiastic about the things that I’m passionate about…

Anyway, I’m making sure to leave time to relax and just chill out. : )

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