My Personal Journey to Peace and Self-Reliance
This was one of the few summers that I didn’t really have to do much in terms of school. I’ve tutored the last three summers and I’ve taken a summer class or two. However, the only classes I need in order to get my BA are all upper-division now—and can’t be taken during summer. So, I say all this to make this grand statement: I’ve had nothing to do this summer. I caught up on some reading for pleasure ( The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is a great book!), but most of my time during the day was still uneventful. Rather than boring myself to death, I did something I would never imagined I’d do: I started going to the gym. In the beginning, I would go to the gym three days a week, which I thought was more than enough. I followed a full-body routine, and by the end of each workout, I was trenched, tired, fatigued—but I felt good. I kept with this routine for another two weeks before moving on to four days a week. It wasn’t long before I not...