Time

You know those times where you feel completely stressed? Like you don't have any time to just be you and you just need some space? I am one of those people that loves to be around other people. I often hate being by myself for long stretches of time cause I start to feel lonely and just need some social interaction, but there are other times where I just need time to myself.

This is one of the most important things I feel I have learned in some of my classes here at college. In my Major you take a lot of classes where you learn that it's important to have some "me time." Take time to collect yourself and do what you need so you can be the best mom, wife, friend, employee etc that you can be.  We learn that if you don't have that time you start to get really frustrated with just little things. You reach the point where you feel like "I don't want anyone to look at me, I don't want anyone to talk to me. Let me be. Don't get in my way. Let me do my thing." No one likes being that person. The best way to treat that is to take some time for yourself, even if it's just 15 minutes.

There is a quote from Oprah that I love... she says, "Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can here my own." I completely agree with this. Everyone needs that time where they can just sit and think and figure things out. You need to be in tune with yourself before you able to completely and fully help others.

I love having my me time. I go into my room and do the things I've been meaning to for the past week or so. Clean. Nap. Just anything to have some time to myself. That time that I can just sit and think or listen to music without being interrupted. I love being able to have a Netflix marathon and watching a whole season of my favorite show in just a day. That time that I just get to do what I want and I don't have to worry about pleasing anyone around me because there is no one around to care.

I feel like lately I haven't been giving myself that time and boy has it taken its toll.  I don't feel like myself sometimes. I feel depressed and annoyed. I have no desire to get anything done. But that's not me. So this is my promise to myself that I will do whatever I have to in order to carve out a little me time so I can continue to work towards being that person that I've always wanted to be.