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March 2009
It's March, which means a few things; midterms are creeping up, it's still snowing, and you're still swamped with internship applications, none of which have yet to result in an offer. It's an easy time of the year to get bogged down, which is why we at Freeze don't want you to! A couple weeks ago, I was supposed to go to a lunch the next day with a special guest hosted by OCS. I had signed up for the lunch a month earlier, and at the time it had seemed like a fantastic idea. But, the night before, overwhelmed with work and meetings and underwhelmed by sleep, all I could think was, "Why did I sign up for this?" (thank you, time-discounting). The lunch was going to force me to readjust my schedule for the next day, and conflicted with the only convenient time for me to go to the gym. I desperately bugged my roommates and emailed out over my sorority list-serv to see if anyone wanted to go in my place. No one did. I called my parents and asked if they thought I should just cancel on the lunch. Their response went something like this: once you leave Harvard, you're not going to have opportunities like this to go out to lunch with famous people every week, so you should take advantage of them while you can. What they said immediately resonated with me, and I felt stupid for trying to get someone to "cover" for my lunch with a world-renowned guest. The next day, I went to the lunch—an absolutely amazing experience, not surprisingly. I called my parents as I left and gushed to them about how incredible it had been to meet and speak with this person. Most likely, every day, you complain about your inbox being clogged with emails, many of them about various speakers and events going on on campus. You probably delete many of them without even reading them, or filter them into a folder so you don't have to "deal with" them. But what my parents said really hit home for me, and I think it's something we could all reflect upon. It's easy to become habituated to the amazing-ness of Harvard life, where world-renowned speakers come and go while we check our Google calendars to see if we can squeeze something in. But soon enough, we'll be out in the real world, in entry-level jobs (if we can find jobs!) where no one is setting up special speakers and lunches for us every week, and where getting in touch with a famous professional is a little more difficult than asking OCS for that person's contact information. So while March can be miserable at times, it's all relative. Soak in Harvard life while you can, and take a step back to appreciate the amazing-ness of the stuff that fills up all of our Google calendars. Freeze Love,
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Dear Freeze Readers, As I sit here at my desk writing this letter, I am overwhelmed by the number of things that I have on my plate. We, as collegiate women tend to do that. We like to believe that we can conquer the world; excelling in our academics, pursuing so many extracurriculars that we have to look at our resumes to remember all that we do, managing our finances, searching for summer internships, building relationships (both romantic and platonic), getting fit in time for spring break, keeping up on modern style trends, and staying informed about what's going on in the world around us. It seems as if the earth is spinning faster every single day. With all of this going on, how do we keep from A) going crazy or B) burning out completely? Even if you're completely overwhelmed by the staggering list of things on your to-do list, I have a few suggestions for how to stay healthy, sane, energized: 1. Prune your wardrobe. It'll make looking cute every morning enormously easier. 2. Get enough sleep. Pulling an All-Nighter is NEVER a good idea. 3. Exercise! (Read this, this, and this.) Rest your brain every once and a while and make your body do some work! 4. Stop procrastinating! Seriously. 5. Be prepared for your internship interview. In this economy, it could be the only one you'll get! Follow these tips along with me this month and we can continue to be the collegiate superstars that we aspire to be! As always, thank you for reading Freeze.
Freeze Love,
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