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One chance, one Shot, one life

  A few weeks ago, I had softball practice, swim team, my brother’s carpool, a doctor’s appointment, homework, and newspaper stories due. I was home a total of about 15 minutes each day. I only saw my family in the mornings and I usually ate dinner by myself or wherever I was when I was out. I always had tons to do for everyone else and no time to do anything for myself. I was super busy and super worn out.

  When I was doing all these things, I was always tired. Usually I’m very hyper and fun, but being so busy drained me of my spunk, and I wasn’t acting like myself at all. I didn’t enjoy hanging out with my friends or my family because I was too worn out to be social.

  Being so busy is not a good thing. I got behind on my schoolwork, I missed out on things with my friends and family. I never had any time for myself. I like hanging out with my family and friends, but being so busy denied me this. I missed being able to go home and do things that I liked to do instead of things I had to do.

  When I got so caught up in my sports and extracurriculars, I forgot about what was really important. I didn’t do my homework for several of my classes and I got really far behind. I did badly on tests and I got very upset. I didn’t realize that what I really needed to do was to skip a practice and do something for myself. I think sometimes we get so caught up in getting everything done we don’t leave any time for ourselves and what we want.
You only get one life to do what you want.

   Time doesn’t slow down and you can’t repeat anything. If you want to spend your life running around, doing things that others want than be my guest. I would rather do things for myself, enjoying times with my friends and family, staying caught up in my schoolwork, and living my life my way, in my time, the way I want.

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