Entering a New World: Leaving Hawai’i
Hawai’i vs. The Mainland ~ A comparison of the Hawaiian Islands to the east coast of the U.S. mainlandArchive for April, 2008
Road Trippin’
Before I embark on the journey of “the real world” as I have been putting it, I figured I would get in some time to travel along the east coast. I am a native of Hawaii, if you don’t already know, and haven’t been to Boston yet—a place I’ve always wanted to see. Today I am driving there with my boyfriend (a New Jersey native). It’s a nice 5-HOUR-drive but we get to pass through New York City, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
College is the BEST time to take road trips and that crazy spring break. It will be long before you have your parents money at your disposal (if ever again at all) and absolutely no ties, like your career, family and bills to pay.
I’m excited and will be posting again soon.
Good luck and happy living
8 Stress Relievers
College students feel overwhelmed in the last few weeks of classes before graduation. On top of most dealing with Senioritis (like yours truly), they have to punch out those last few crucial classes and on top of that worry about landing a job.
Here are some different ways to deal with high stress levels and try to reduce them: Read the rest of this entry »
Stressin’ Out
College seniors on the brink of graduating may be excited but many are apprehensive as well. Getting the overwhelming anxieties is completely normal.
Graduates are faced with gigantic questions that require such meaningful answers.
What are you going to do now? How are you going to make money? Where are you going to live? How are you going to apply your degree to your career? What now? Read the rest of this entry »
It’s Sunny And 65˚
It is a warm sixty-five degrees outside of my townhouse in New Jersey and I remember a time when anything in the sixty’s was considered winter weather.
Of course I am speaking of the time when I lived in Hawaii—not too long ago.
Hawaii weather patterns don’t vary much; a nice 85 or 82 is the typical temperature and anything lower than 68 was definitely a bring-out-the-sweaters kind of weather.
I have more than adapted to the weather in New Jersey, currently sporting shorts and a tank top when Hawaii Renée would be donning long pants and a hoodie.
This weather is not helping my case of Senioritis, however. I am sitting outside doing work, watching friends and neighbors walk by and offering some chit chat.
The Answers To Your Questions
A Cure? Anyone?
So I’ve been doing a lot of online research trying to figure out how to cure Senioritis. Apparently there is an actual definition for this disease.
Senioritis (n.) – A less than moderate interest in school-related activities, especially academics that students usually acquire around the last semester of their senior year; symptoms include having a reduced attention to studies and extracurricular activities, making up excuses not to attend classes, sleeping during class and suffering from a severe fixation on partying.
Having fell victim to this illness myself, I have strong motivation to find a cure. I’ve browsed the sites, found very similar attempts and jabs at theories to help pull seniors away from this highly contagious disease but NONE of them give solutions that seniors will actually follow through with. I am living evidence of this. The suggestions were all identical (it was almost like they were plagiarizing and no one could come up with a fresh idea). These lame suggestions went something like this:
I’ve Been Diagnosed: Senioritis
Much like arthritis, senioritis prevents an individual from doing physical tasks such as using a pencil, pen, or keyboard. It also prevents the infected from doing physical labor, like carrying a bag, driving a vehicle (to your classes) and sitting for long periods of time listening to a professor drone on.
Okay so maybe it isn’t exactly like arthritis and it typically affects seniors in college and in high school, rather than the elderly, but it can still be considered a disease in its own right.
I have been in denial that I’ve been infected by this bizarre psychological disease, having gone through it in high school and being fully aware of the symptoms.
This is one of the most dangerous illnesses seniors may encounter. You may not believe it’s truly that bad, but the truth is quite the opposite.
Senioritis prevents its victims from punching through those last few weeks that may be crucial whether soon-to-be-graduates believe it or not. The last thing a senior needs is a letter stating they failed to meet the requirements from university standards to graduate because they strayed away from their hard-earned path of academia.
Do not let this disease impede on the day you’ve been waiting for your whole life; Graduation Day.
Here are some common symptoms that come with this academically killing disease:
Making Time to Stay Clean
While in college, messy standards were not uncommon or even looked down upon. Girls tend to be cleaner in the kitchens and bathrooms, but still, aren’t as clean as their mothers.
With your new life; environment, career, social, you will find that you really have little time to make sure you’re living habitat is…well livable.
It is up to you to make sure you uphold the professionalism of your new life in your home as well. You are no longer in college; gone are the days of pizza boxes on the floor and dirty laundry scattered around your bedroom. Your refrigerator will hopefully be stocked with actual food rather than liquor bottles and cases of beer.
