escaping from the stresses of college.

Why is it that at throughout our lives we hit "highs and low". there are periods in your life where your completely motivated to achieve your aspirations, but there are also periods where getting out of bed and putting pants on is your greatest struggle. I used to get up everyday and do my hair, dress up, and make breakfast all before school. Now I cant find the motivation to get out of bed before 7:20, and when I do get out of bed sweat pants are the way to go, and I've cut my hair short enough that I dont have to do anything to it anymore.

When starting this semester I was all excited for a new chapter of my life. Keeping up on homework before was no problem, making sure I paid attention in class every day and wrote in class notes, and even studying was not nearly as hard as it is now. There are days where I have no drive and literally just lay in bed just pondering life and where I'm going within it.

Every little thing can so easily transformed into a escape from the real world. Facebook, window shopping, and believe it or not reading. I have always used Facebook as the "I'll start my assignment after I update my status" but it never ends up working that way. You end up burning through a good hour and a half mindlessly trolling and lurking on people's Facebook pages. Being a broke college student who at one time practiced the art of "retail therapy" now having no money all the time I've resorted to window shopping ( and the occasional thrift shop binge). Even reading online articles on www.stumbleupon.com is a scapegoat for my homework. stumbling upon random articles from owls to mens health makes me feel more productive than doing my school work.

I hope this is just a rut that I'm in that others have experienced at some point in time. Everybody finds some form of sick and twisted relief knowing someone else struggles with the same issues.