The Struggle is Real: The not-enough-time struggle

Man, the struggle is real…

There is this cliché that goes: There are only 24 hours in a day. We all know that, and there is no way for any of us to change it, but we still complain about it all the time.

Why? Because even though we have lived our entire lives with only 24 hours in each day, it is still a struggle for all of us to deal with.

Furthermore, there are only seven days in a week, and even that is a struggle. There just never seems to be enough time to do all the things we want or need to do.

My hometown is five hours from Chadron and my brother is a senior in high school this year. My brother is my favorite person on this earth and my favorite activity is to watch my brother compete in all athletic events.

Friday and Saturday, I went home to watch him compete in his senior wrestling districts where he earned champion at 138-pounds. His next step is the state tournament in Omaha beginning today. I will only be in Chadron for three days before I turn around and head back east.

And, there most definitely will not be enough time to do everything I need to do this week. On top of the homework, the work, and the newspaper things I need to do this week, I received a penance from my priest to take an hour out of the week to just relax. I have never received that penance before and I was not prepared for it, and I am stressing on how I am going to accomplish everything.

It is a struggle because there just simply are not enough hours in the day or days in the week.

But, it is still worth it to go see my brother. It is still worth it to take that hour for myself. Because there are only 24 hours in a day and there have always only been 24 hours in a day and there will never be more than 24 hours in a day. Although we are told we can make a difference in the world from a young age, I do not foresee anyone finding a way to add more hours to a day in my lifetime, at least not in the next week.

There is a struggle to get everything done that you need to get done, everyday, every week, and even every year. But if we can just be productive with our time as opposed to procrastinating on everything, 24 hours will be just enough.

Furthermore, there is a struggle to stress and focus too much on school, work, and such, but it is good to remember that life does not stop while we are in school and sometimes we have to make sacrifices in order to experience life, in order to see our siblings excel at their sports, in order to have some fun, and in order to just relax for ourselves.

The struggle is real, but so is chocolate, and my brother will finally be able to eat some with me after Saturday, so life must still be sweet.