I Need to Get My Life in Order

There are about a million and one things I need to do to get my life in somewhat working order from now until the end of summer. But of course, in typical me fashion, I am putting things off with the excuse of being extremely busy during the week (true) and going out too much on the weekend to have time to sit down and start sorting everything out (also true).

There are little things I need to do, like write my term paper proposal for my Chinese Media Studies class. (Actually, picking a topic comes before writing the proposal, so I should probably get that done first. Which is easier said than done, seeing as I have given zero thought to a potential topic.) I also need to figure out train ticket information for an upcoming trip this weekend, where three friends and I plan on going to climb a mountain near the China/North Korean border. Laundry needs to be taken care of as well, as the heap of dirty clothes on my floor is starting to become a safety hazard when stumbling back in the early a.m. I need to figure out what classes I need to register for in the fall so that I can graduate on time next May (!!!). And how about emailing my poor mother, who hasn’t heard from me in over a week?

Then there are the bigger things, like figuring out what I am doing this summer. Once I have that figured out, I can start planning out the smaller details of my summer, like how much time/money I have to travel when I am not interning/working. I also need to get in touch with my friends/future roommates for next year and see what the current status of our living plans are. And just plain being better at keeping in touch with my friends would be good, too. I feel like I’ve fallen off the face of the earth in a lot of respects when it comes to my friendships back home. Oh, and finish writing my cover letter for a job I am applying for in the fall. And maybe even start researching when deadlines are for fall internships, because I know once summer starts I’ll be too distracted to look into that unless I already know when deadlines are?

I used to be so on top of things all the time, and the fact that I’m not anymore is such an alien feeling. But this weekend, I am going to get the ball rolling on things I should have started organizing long ago if it kills me. (Famous last words?)

Cross-posted from breakthesky.net. Please leave any comments there.