More than often we see grey as the color of boredom, dullness, formality and unsettling feelings. To me, the color grey represents balance. Balance is being in the “grey zone” in many aspects of our life. In every situation we go through, we develop an opinion. Many people see black, other people see white. Shouldn’t we be focusing on the middle ground?
While I was cramming yesterday night for an Economics midterm I realized that any kind of extremism is bad for humanity. The reality is that many of the current problems we are facing are due to extremism from different groups of people. I am aware everyone deserves to express the way that they think and feel, and support our right to free speech. However, even though Cady Heron from Mean Girls taught us that the limit does not exist, it actually does. And when we cross it, many people, including ourselves, get hurt.
I am not talking about politics here; the balance equation is relevant to any situation we face on a daily basis. We are told to choose two options in the triangle of good grades, enough sleep or a social life. The reality, however, is more like a decagon.
Okay, some people actually are able to do everything on this list without any difficulty, which is great. However, we don’t know what they have to go through internally to be able to achieve everything they do. Although rewarding, it can be incredibly exhausting both physically and mentally.
The rest of us might look something like this trying to handle everything off that list:
Yep, that’s me right now.
Balancing in university can be challenging and overwhelming. Take your time and process what it is that is the most important to you both in the short and long-run. At the end of the day, it is not about quantity but quality. Learn to prioritize what you love to do and eventually you will find yourself in a shade of grey while simultaneously living a life full of color.
A white circle might represent “the good” and a black circle might represent “the bad”; However, there is always “bad” in the good, and there is always “good” in the bad. At the end of the day…this is life.