Forget the annoying online influence of those presenting their Christmas gathering masked by the Clarendon filter, and lean into your own. If people are posting solely in order to outdo someone else or prove to their 1,346 followers they have an incredible holiday, it’s likely they aren’t as happy as you can be this season.
As college students, most of our work is done on computers. It may be hard, but try to unplug yourself, even if it is just for a little bit. We stare at screens all day. Go outside for a little bit. Read a book. Engage your brain. Have fun.
If we want to increase community and foster growth within our students as Baylor encourages, perhaps it can start by slowly implementing these changes in order to create a better environment for gym attendees.
In a society that largely values aesthetic over practicality, it makes sense that buying a real Christmas tree is glorified on every media platform. However, real trees are a big hassle and create more problems than good. Fake trees are the way to go this Christmas.
I am not saying that you need to burn all your bridges and go out into the unknown. Just experience different things or hear different perspectives sometimes.
For many unresolved relationships, we tend to blame the well-known phrase, “right person, wrong time,” believing that this specific person we grew attached to could have been “the one.”
You don’t have to be thrilled to go home for the holidays. With most students becoming involved across campus through student organizations, participating in Baylor traditions and just finding overall community here in Waco, it can make leaving sentimental.
Go to campus events with new people who you’ve met in class or try another aspect of the event — make the effort to have a good time.
