Chill, Man

The one think I think I've realized this year is this:

You just gotta relax, man.

People take school and life too seriously. There's a time to study and a time to focus on school, but its not all-encompassing. There's so much more out there to experience than what you can learn in a textbook, and I think a lot of kids, especially Academy kids, forget that sometimes.

We worry so much about the expectations of others, and about the pressure of doing well in school, that we forget that it's all gonna work out in the end. Sometimes you gotta blow off studying for that test to hang with your friends or family. Its not the end of the world if you don't get into your dream school, you can have awesome experiences somewhere else.

But you gotta get out and do stuff, people. Experience the world, laugh it up with your friends. Because one day, you're gonna be sittin' at home with a spouse and a baby, tryin' to hold down a stressful job, thinking to yourself "I should've gone out in high school, because I sure as hell ain't goin out now".

People, high school is awesome, and we've got one year left of it. Don't waste it by taking 6 AP classes and stressing yourself to death. Relax, man, let it all be sublime. Breathe and have some fun.

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."- John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off