I've been having some trouble lately with family. My expectations don't match theirs. Recent events mean that I am moving out of my apartment and into my sisters house. While this is a good thing because it means a lot more room for Flight Risk, her bf, and I it also means that I am again on Shop-a-holic's agenda. I can't figure out if I am being selfish or logical by expecting things like a time line of when she will be packed and moved out. No one else in the family seems to have my affinity for making detailed plans for events.
This semester I decided to take on more classes then normal because I'm so close to graduating. Taking on all these classes means that I have an exam every two weeks. Fortunately three of the classes I am taking are sciences classes and they tend to all teach close to the same thing which means I get a lot of repetition. However, that does not mean that I can afford to not study. In fact, it means that I need to study more so I don't confuse the information. But because I am not on my own agenda I can't get anything done when I want to. So, I spend a lot of time pissed off and stressed out about things that I can not change.
The other day I came across this quote from Mr. Emerson and it reminded me that I can't change what happened yesterday so I need to move on. I need to accept what happened. As long as I do what I have to do throughout the day then I should be happy once the day ends. And tomorrow I don't need to look back and wish that I had done something differently.
Because it doesn't matter and I can't change it.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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