Living in the Slow Lane

The end of the term is fast approaching and it seems college students are being taught one last lesson. There is nothing wrong with taking a break and stepping away from the world. While some students blow off steam drinking or with a significant other, there are some who still manage to step out of our busy world to relax. Some do this by going to coffee and reading a book. Others who live nearby escape back to home to see family. Recently however as the academic and work world has become more prominent the raise in the number of kids looking for these leisure activities.

With a view like this is there any reason that CD's such as Kenny Chesney's new Luck Old Sun album are such huge successes? The CD proclaims the wonders of living the slower life in the islands and finding the escape and balance that come with working hard. The truth is that people are looking to balance out their lives. All life needs balance between living healthy, staying social, and working hard. As we begin to work harder and harder that side of the triangle begins to overbear the other two unless we find a way to evenly balance everything. For some people this means hitting the gym with friends during exam. For others it's eating healthy and staying in touch with the ones they love as they look to relax. What does it mean to maintain a blanced lifestyle and how should people go about doing it?

For me, I'll just put on my Kenny Chesney and Jimmy Buffett and remind myself there's nothing like the carribean islands as I study.