People People Please!

People here, people there, people everywhere! Its like I can never escape people and the constant buzz of life around me here on campus! Don't get me wrong, I love being involved and mingling with people, but for a moment of peace and quite I would die for. Campus life is always up moving and never ending, just like the people that walk the sidewalks and fill the classrooms. In my short three weeks here on campus, I have meet just about every kind of personality. Ive meet the athletes, the partiers, the computer helpers, the studiers, the student worker, the country folks, the super senior, and much more. As I am making my way into the fourth week of school, I am learning who I want to be associated with and who I should stay away from. Whether I like it or not,the people I associate myself with tells people a lot about me and I want the impression of my friends and I to be good on people looking in from the outside. The partiers are the people that will be the most tempting to me and many other students throughout our years here at Texas Lutheran. It is very very tempting to say forget the homework, forget the classes, I'm going to party! The reality is that I can't afford to party; I can't afford going out on the weekends when I have time consuming class work that needs to be attended to. I can't afford going out on the weekends when I should be working on getting better grades in the classroom and getting better on the basketball court. As I navigate my way through my first semester, I am learning a lot about myself, like how the discipline that I once praised for earlier in life seems to be slowly fading away when I need it the most. My self disciple got me to where I am today in every aspect of my life: school, basketball, family. Up until this point in school I haven't been the most disciplined, but I see that changing. I see myself buckling down and focusing on the real reason why I am here, which is for school and basketball. So here's to finding our way through the fog and coming out better for it.