Work Hard to Play Hard

I'm bored at school right now, and should be working on homework, but have decided to write a blog instead since i haven't written one in a few weeks. I go to school with a lot of great people, but a lot of them are overachievers who get stressed out about the simplest things. I have to admit that sometimes they rub off on me and i get stressed out about the same simple things. Last year I found myself very stressed and it was not fun. This year i decided not to let things get to me as much, and i'm having a great year so far (it could be because this is my last year and i have a bit of senioritis going on too)! I decided not to let simple things stress me out because i know that they'll all get done. i might procrastinate a bit, hence this blog, but everything will get done in time. i'm lucky enough to be going to school, and to have a job, so why get stressed about it?? there are many people who wish they could afford to go to school, or who really need a job, and those who do have these things often take them for granted, and worse, complain about them. I do complain about school and work because sometimes they can be a pain, and i really do hate my manager at work, but at least i'm lucky enough to have these things, and they will benefit me in the end. basically, i think that people who are always stressed out just can't live a very happy life because they're always worried about what's due next, or what they have to do to get 100% on every single thing, and God forbid if they get a 99%, they have to ask the teacher why they didn't get that one extra point. That is why I am not getting stressed about stuff as easily, because I want to work hard and play harder. The people who are always stressed do not play or go on vacation, because that is time away from what they are supposed to be doing. I, on the other hand, have a wonderful boyfriend who likes to play too, and we work hard during the week, but allow ourselves to have a date night every friday, and lounge around the house on sundays, and go to ny to see family, and go to the beach to catch up on our tans and relax, and visit friends in ky (not since last year, but we've been there twice! wup dop!), and go to concerts...i think that all of these things are important because it keeps us sane during a stressful semester. i think that most people should learn to loosen up, and to work hard in order to play hard.