This year for Thanksgiving break, rather than go home, I decided to stay at Bentley. As soon as my friends heard about this, they started protesting: “But you’ll be lonely! What will you eat? Why aren’t you going home? Do you want to come home with me?” Though I appreciated their generous offers to spend Thanksgiving with their families, I truly wanted to spend this Thanksgiving by myself, for reasons I found difficult to explain.
1. I enjoy being alone.
In the busy rush of college life, alone time is very rare. I was hoping this Thanksgiving break would give me some peace and quiet.
2. I had so much work to do.
I’m not sure why…but all of my professors for some reason decided to give me a paper, presentation, or exam due soon after break. Rather than enjoying my break and then panicking when I got back, I decided to work hard over break so that when everyone else came back I would have some free time to spend with friends.
3. Home is far away.
For a five day break, I would have to spend two of those days in the airport. Then, the three days I spent at home I would be tired and not be able to spend as much time with my family as I would want to.
Was Bentley over Thanksgiving lonely? Yes. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Not only did I have the “me time” I desired, I was incredibly productive and got all my work done. Besides, winter break is right around the corner!