Breathe.

It would be easy to say that at this point in the semester, this point in the year, this point in my college career, etc., it is completely understandable to be sick and tired of school. And I am. I think that I came to the realization long ago (probably somewhere around fourth grade) that there is a whole lot more to education than homework and reading ridiculous books about the meat-packing industry and Big Brother. So now, almost 12 years after this realization, I think I've had just about all I can take. I know that being a good steward of the talents and opportunities that God has given me is of crucial importance, but I am beginning to recognize that those talents and opportunities lie outside the classroom.

At the beginning of this school year, I had the clear impression that I no longer belong in college. This came as a very abrupt, but welcome, realization since I have spent my entire life rebelling against change and clinging on to whatever felt secure in the past...it was very affirming that God has been working on that in me when He told me that the next chapter of my life is indeed standing before me. And then, 4 months and 12 days ago, the LORD began another new chapter in my life as well! Now, not only am I graduating in a month and a day...I am getting married in 52 days!! And I know that nothing I have ever learned in a textbook can prepare me for that amazingly wonderful journey with my best friend. So, I think that that fact is influencing my increasing apathy towards memorizing things like the different terms of sale in global marketing and the amount of start-up capital needed for a hypothetical business.

"In his heart, man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps." --Proverbs 16:9.