What Moves You?

2/24/15

What Moves You?

            Sometimes I feel as if I am stuck in a rut and it seems never ending. My days are not the same but my schedule is. Every semester I am placed into a different set of classes all occurring at different times and requiring different expectations. On the weekdays, I get up early, eat breakfast, and go to school. After school, I usually am finishing up that last paragraph in my English essay or reading in my textbook. On the weekends, I get up a little bit later, eat breakfast, and work on more schoolwork. Don’t get me wrong, I am so appreciative to be able to pursue my dreams and get an education but it’s hard to feel content when the pressures of college get the best of me.

            I’ll find my mind racing with thoughts of what I should accomplish tomorrow right before I close my eyes to go to sleep. My mind becomes so overwhelmed with exhaustion that sometimes I will just lay there; eyes closed and not being able to drift away into my dreamland. That’s when I realized that I had to let it go. As simple as it is to say, it is actually a lot harder than I thought. But I take steps everyday to get myself closer to being able to say, “It is going to be okay.”

            My escape is through nature. Being outside is so fresh and subtly calming. If the weather is kind to me, I will dress appropriately and bare the dry Idaho air. I will walk just two blocks down from my town house and be right next to the Boise River. Boise is a small but amazing city, along the Boise River is a paved trail that we call the ‘Greenbelt.’ I will walk on the Greenbelt for a mire mile and automatically feel better. Grades disappear, assignments seem less intimidating, and most of all; my mind is at ease. The fresh air in my lungs feels better than any cigarette and the movement of my long legs becomes better than any exercise that a treadmill could give me.

Jane Oring