Inner Monologue, Spoken Out Loud (A Series, Pt. 7)

August Thoughts

8/21/24

1. As a college student, sometimes you have to close your computer and say “I’m done being stressed for today.  It’s time to get some sleep.”

8/22/24

1. Adding “no” to my vocabulary this school year.  “No” to churches, campus ministries, and events that aren’t in God’s plan for me, or I’m not actually available for.  “No” to ‘friends’ who don’t pour back into me.  “No” to myself when I want to talk to someone I see on my way to class or work, and “no” to myself when I want to add too many jobs and organizations to my plate.  “No”.  I’m saying “no” this school year.

8/23/24

1. Me trying to add a class to my schedule that doesn’t require a prerequisite: “I’m tryna add something that doesn’t require anything, which is nothing.” 😭

8/24/24

1. Finding out it’s Saturday and not Sunday was news to me three hours into my day 😭Sunday is news to me

2. In a battle of academic achievement and mental health, academic achievement will always win

8/29/24

1. Dear self, you are good enough.  Just as you are.  You are good enough, and you don’t need to add another thing to prove it

2. Do people still say “bless you”, or….

3. I be like “you’ve been up since 5:30am??”  Like I wasn’t up at 3:30am for my 5:15am shift this morning.

4. Chris: “they need to start serving beer here because this is absolutely ridiculous” 😭

5. Dear self: you’re not God.  You can’t heal them

8/30/24

1. Currently have 20 minutes to do notes that took me an hour and a half to do earlier, but decided to delete from my computer on its own.  Wish me luck.

2. So apparently when you buy a record album, you get two discs.  (News to me 😭)

3. Are we halfway through the semester yet, or are we still on week two?

4. I’ve been knew I was gon make it, but now the doubters are silenced and my vision is clear.