Each day has been filled with new experiences. With no surprise, none of my experiences have been bad. My week has only escalated on a trail of highs. One of the most rewarding things to happen to me this week happened in my English class. I am such a huge procrastinator so I honestly, end up putting in a lot of late nights. I have been improving though in these last few days. A few days ago, as I wrote my rough draft, I struggled to meet my time limit. I felt extremely restless but I kept right on. It took me forever to finish my essay but through it I found delayed gratitude. When I got to class on Monday, I was a little nervous to have my peers read my final draft because although I had confidence in my second draft, I had exposed a lot more of the emotional aspects. After receiving the written feedback, I saw only positive praises. It was definitely unexpected but gladly accepted it.
Overall UTOP has been great, I only have one complaint. I miss  my car! SO much. I want to be able to go wherever I want to when I want to but that will have to wait until the Fall.

College has not met my expectations. Yet. But that is because the regular school year has not begun. I expected to be able to do a lot more independently but I totally get why that's not possible right now. We're in a transitioning process and school is supposed to be our primary focus during this Summer session. In a way, it's a good thing that the program is being run this way. The importance of time-management has surprised me. I didn't think it would be as difficult as it has been.

Over the last few days I have been working to improve my productivity. I have been improving my pre-planning more when writing my essays for English and magazine class, as well as my study habits for my Chem class. It was a little refreshing to walk into my Chemistry class and understand what the teacher was talking about (especially since we were all scared to death about our chem classes.) I still have been keeping up with my notes, studying at night, to stay on track. I know I can still improve the amount of time I put into each thing I do. Time management is the first thing I need to improve one. I know I can do this with a little practice.

Time.
Time is life and life is time.
Sometimes our decisions make time hard to find.
Procrastination gets the best of us.
We fall behind, no minutes are enough.
It's bitter,
It's sweet,
It's whatever we make it to be.
Time is of the essence.
Always in our presence.
In it are our memories.
In it are our life stories.
Our nights out with our friends,
as we watched the colors in the sky begin to blend.
As we watched the sun fade away,
and walked into a brand new day,
time was there,
with none to share.
We meet time again and again,
And even in our end,
we meet time in a new life,
but what we have in the present never seems to suffice.
But If we grasp what we are given each day,
we won't have to ask time to stay.
Time.
Time is life and life is time.