Sarah and the Adventure of Life

Activation Energy. It's a term we learned in my Biology of Animals class a couple days ago. On a cellular level, activation energy is the energy it takes to make the initial move when it comes to doing whatever cells do, such as replicating or breaking down sugars. However, our professor decided to tell us about how we all need activation energy in our much bigger, human life. Sometimes, when we have a lot on our plate or just have a task ahead of us we are not too excited about doing, the hardest part is gaining the activation energy to just start . Whether I like it or not, I'm growing older each and every day. Which means that each and every day I am gaining more responsibilities, knowledge (hopefully), and burdens as adulthood becomes my reality. This is becoming particularly evident to me because 1) I'm currently writing this at 2:00 AM when I should be sleeping like a normal person and 2) my best friend turns twenty today. (Happy Birthday, Kimmy!) Twenty. Twenty?!

Sometimes, after a week of school, the feeling of drowning comes to mind. No one ever said college was going to be easy (and if they did they were lying). College is definitely fun, enriching, and an amazing experience in general...but it is easy to feel in-over-our-heads. I've been feeling pretty stressed these last couple of days. I'm taking seventeen hours (I've only taken sixteen in the past), but these seventeen hours consist of two sciences, two labs, two math classes, and an honors art/animation class. Needless to say, I've been doing a whole lot of reading and note taking and not a whole lot of relaxing. I just wanted to share my feelings to not only ask for some prayers, but to also remind everyone that struggling is a normal hardship we all have to face. It's easy for us to beat up on ourselves when we're not performing at our best or handling time well, but we have to remember we are human and are not alone. The best advice I can give to others who