On The Bright Side Of Life (Sophie)

Well…life is really good right now. Of course; I am stressed with the fact exams are just weeks away and my exam timetable only gives me 2 days between each exam…but apart from that, I have met some really cool people lately and I am salivating at the thought of Europe!

Today I somehow managed to get an H1 in an assignment where the average mark was a Pass….that felt pretty good – though I keep rechecking it because I keep thinking perhaps it’s wrong – after all, I was working on the assignment up to 15 minutes before it was due and started it at midnight the night before *oops*. The stress of being last minute (when I am usually super organised) was worth it!

The weeks have been a bit of a blur really. Uni has taken second preference in life to all the other interesting things going on around me. Organising / dreaming about Europe takes up most of my spare time, and anything else is spent enjoying the company of friends or being out meeting new people….and I have a few admirers *blush*.

Despite all this, I’m still working hard at uni and maintaining my average nicely. I just feel more relaxed about it all these days though and I’m savouring all the free time I have as I know next year when I start work will be very full-on….but that’s actually something I’m looking forward to with relish. I know many who do work full-time will be like “idiot!” when they read me saying this – but I truly LOVED how busy life was when I was working full-time. Everything becomes more efficient and I actually came home intellectually exhausted. And of course, the money was appreciated!

Speaking of uni life vs working life vs social acitivites….makes me think of something that has fascinated my thinking lately; Generation Y’s attitude to life and work, the issue of the “Gen Y quarter-life crisis” and the meaning of life/happiness in the 21st century. I won’t go into detail here as there is a lot being blogged about it already. However new attitudes make me feel very excited about the future. In my lifetime I think there will be some dramatic changes to the way our lives interact with work and our views as to our purpose in the world and the way we should be living our lives – but changes that are for the better; hopefully with that Blackberries will no longer be allowed under our pillows at nights….and perhaps we won’t fall into the despair that Generation X has found themselves in.

xx
Sophie