Best of Week: Fluidity

The majority of us seniors are most likely stressed out by now. Even though it's just the beginning of the year, college is the biggest contributing factor of our stress level: choosing the college that's suitable for us, finding the time to visit those colleges, and most prominently, applying to those colleges-- (being accepted into the college will occur subsequently).

What I learned this week will not only benefit me for college, but also for life. 

On Thursday, we took a day off to discuss about college essays and Mr. Allen was generous enough to share several helpful tips to apply to our essays. He demonstrated a "Flow" chart that is easy to follow and useful for practically anything.

The chart is fairly easy to follow: if your skill level is low and your difficulty level is high, you're going to be pretty anxious; if your skill level is high and your difficulty level is low, then chances are that you will be easily bored. You want to aim for the equilibrium, or the "flow"; you want the right amount of skill level as difficulty level. You should have this approach for anything that you encounter in your life.

I realized that if it wasn't for this graph, I would be losing my mind and I would be overly stressed by now. I have to deal with a handful lately; being on De La Cru, a P.E. Leader, a Peer Group Leader, a TLC Tutor, an Interact Member and on top of all of that, not having a lunch. I also need to find time from all of that to work on my college applications. However, with the help of this graph, I am able to approach anything that seems too scary or too stressful to handle. I simply have to take baby steps and if I feel too overwhelmed, stop. Take a break. A breather or two. And then ease my way into the task until I finish it.

What I learned from this week: let my life simply flow.