As you are wrapping up another school year (whether it’s your first or last college year), it can be easy to rush right into summer and jump into what’s next. But so much of embracing simplicity is pausing. In the midst of the busy and the next steps and the transitions. When we pause, we create space for what we’ve learned to actually sink in. When we allow this to sink in, we can apply it into our lives and into what’s next.
Just like pausing at the start of a semester to figure out your priorities, it’s important to take this time at the end of the semester to reflect on how these priorities were actually lived out. Not just on paper or in your calendar or how you would have liked to live these out, but how did you embody these priorities throughout your semester?
Did you actually prioritize your academics or relationships or whatever you determined was most important? Did you soak up every last bit of the good of campus your Senior year? Were there any places you could have improved on? Or items that now looking back, you wish you could have edited out of your schedule. Take note of those now. While it’s fresh in your memory. Because you know the College Cycle — you will come back to campus next semester SO excited for all the opportunities and want to jump back in fully. Remember how you feel at the end of a long semester so that you can make the best decisions for your future self. Even if that decision is to not be involved in something. Especially if that decision is to not be involved in something.
When we pause we create space for what we’ve learned to actually sink in. When we allow this to sink in, we can apply it into our lives and into what’s next.
When we reflect, we set ourselves up for the future. We create space to recognize what’s most important. From there we can live it out in our daily lives. Simply College has a series of new reflection guides to help you create space to reflect through all the different seasons of the college life. Whether you take time on your own or download one of the Simply College guides, a little reflection goes a long way.
You can find the Simply College Reflection Guides here or under the “Resources” tab. More will be added throughout the next few weeks.
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