Hmmmm, let’s just say, I’ve survived :’)
Not the most productive or accomplished year, in fact I felt that I wasted a lot of my time adjusting to the new university life. As others have warned me: it is difficult to have a balanced life with adequate study, social, and sleep.
What about exercise you ask?
Oh that thing!
That thing stopped existed since I got here-
I’d prefer my 4h sleep thank you :’)
Those that know me from high school probably noticed body changes, but paired with my bad eating habits I knew even with exercise I wasn’t getting back in shape any time soon.
Above shows my heart rate from the time when I woke up late and ran to WLU for my 8:30 am business class - also trust me, 8:30 am feels extremely early in university even though it feels really late in high school
This year, I have seen more people burned out and tired of life than I ever have. At one point, it felt that I was falling into a loop - wake up, 8:30am classes, DC, grab a light lunch from Tims outside DC, more DC, sleep.
1B was filled with puzzling emotions, stress from school and coop added to friendship/relationship problems probably made this four month the most mentally exhausting time of my life. All my friends from 1A changed as I gradually lost contact with a lot of double degree friends. I guess it was expected as part of the decision to drop my BBA degree, but it is still a bit sad to think about. Many things happened, and sometimes I wanted to pause time so I could take a breath.
The weather at Waterloo didn’t exactly help either: spring season consisted weeks and weeks of rain - as a person who’s mood gets easily affected by weather, it was incredibly difficult for me to stay bright and optimistic.
Hack the North Cup Stacking Event - very fun experience
Regardless, I’ve made it through with puzzling feeling. Bittersweet?