All work and no play? That's no fun...

College is time for exploration. It is a time where passion is found and a place where resources are plentiful to help you create a lasting lifestyle around that passion. Lately, like most students, classes have been repetitive and do not intrigue me to extent that I hoped for. I love my major, but it does not allow me to explore in a real world setting. It is strictly all work to much of the time. Too much studying, too much test taking, too much worrying about grades rather than worrying about how to apply what you learn in the real world. How am I supposed to explore my passions being lectured too and sitting in front of a computer? Yes, academics are a big part of your future success, but all work and no play during college is not a fun lifestyle in my opinion.

SIFE has been an outlet for me to not only apply what I learn in the classroom to the real world, but also to learn and apply new concepts that I would have never learned through a typical class setting. SIFE has been my playground for success and failure without the risk. Think about it... Why not learn your capabilities and weaknesses through real world action as opposed to graduating and entering the world with no idea what you are good at? You may have taken plenty of tests in school, but you never passed the one test that actual matters: testing your boundaries and pushing your own limits. SIFE offered me the chance to play and grow both personally and professionally all while continuing my academics. SIFE actual has given new meaning to what I am studying, now that I have actually taken part in the action and enjoyed it.

Continue to explore until you can use your passion as a career. Once you find out how to do this, the line dividing work and play will no longer be there. As Richard Branson says "I don't think of work as work and play as play. It's all living."


BPS