The Important Things in Life

Hello Everyone!
This week has been a one packed with friends, family, work, and of course Delta Epsilon Chi. I helped my best friend move back to Bryant University, tried to spend time with my family before I move back to school, went to work, and had to get all of my assignments done for Delta. I felt so overwhelmed with it all and then realized that this is all just beginning and in one short week I will have to balance all of this plus schoolwork and living in a crowded college dorm room with all of my friends biding for attention. I became so nervous that I couldn’t even think of what to do.
I then opened my training binder to see what Mr. Collins had taught us at training. He taught us that time management isn’t finding more time to do things, but prioritizing the things that need to be done. As we went through four different categories or quadrants of priority levels, we saw that there are things that need to be done right away and are extremely important like an assignment that is due the next day. There are also less important tasks at the moment and can wait until the extremely important and urgent tasks are done. This would include watching a movie with friends or going out for ice cream. Spending time with your friends is important, but when you have a jam packed schedule, your friends will understand that what you’re doing is best for your future.
At training a past officer said that we will see who our true friends are because they will be the ones who aren’t angry over the missed lunch dates or the lack of hours spent hanging out because they know that what we are doing is important and that this year is the opportunity of a lifetime. This truly is the opportunity of a lifetime and the only way to get through it is to think about what is best for not only myself, but most importantly, for the members of the organization.
As I go through this journey I am learning so many things and taking on so many challenges, but I am quickly realizing that this is one of very few opportunities to learn all of these lessons in just one year and I would not pass that up for anything.

- Samantha, NARVP