Calm Before the Storm
It seems like Summer almost just started, and I'm already heading back to school tomorrow. It's been a very eventful summer, and I like to think I actually got a lot accomplished this summer....hopefully I did.
Things I Got Done:
A) Lost weight....as of now, i've lost 35 pounds since my starting summer weight, and i'm continuing to make headway on my goal of being sub 170 by christmas. Most of it was just fat, as I've only actually gotten bigger.
B) Made Money. Not enough of it(it's never enough right?), and i'll have to work during the school year, but i'm at least comfortable with how much I have. Also, working at Target wasn't as terrible as I've made it out to be: I met a pretty girl I went on a "date" of sorts on, met somebody who does Kung Fu, yet can actually fight!, as well as 2 Muay Thai guys that are ridiculously good.
C) Better at Martial Arts. What can I say? 3+ months of boxing, plus kicking drills have made all the individual tools I have better. Now, this year I just gotta work on combining them(upper body, lower body, and grappling).
D) Got a Cell Phone. Number is on the facebook account
E) Got my license. Sure, all i have now is a temp license that looks like a receipt....but it's a license.
F) Mental Restructuring. Most of it just accepting what went wrong last year, changing how I acted around people, how I viewed life, etc. Boring philosophical stuff that I'm really too lazy to type. If you wanna know, ask me about it later.
Now that the school year is here, I'm just a mixed bag. On some level, i want to face the next year, see everybody from school, right the wrongs i made last year, all that sort of stuff. If anything, I"ve gained a lot of self confidence from what I've done this past summer, and I feel ready to go. On another level, I'm kinda worried i'm not ready, that people are gonna look at me, and see the same Jeff Hsu that they saw last year. Also, i'm not looking forward to the amount of things I have to do next year, academically and socially. I have bridges to build/mend, classes to do well in, jobs to apply for, all that good stuff, and to be honest, sometimes i just wanna be like "i quit", and stay at home. I feel like a runner at the starting line, or perhaps in a better comparison, a boxer about to fight his first match. I feel the same nervous energy, the same feeling of confidence yet worry, the anticipation for that "bell" to go off, and it's all just raging inside of me. All I know for sure is, when that bell rings, and I arrive at Princeton, i'm gonna come out swinging(not literally, i'm actually very mild :)). I'll see all of you princeton people tomorrow(the 10th).
Things I Got Done:
A) Lost weight....as of now, i've lost 35 pounds since my starting summer weight, and i'm continuing to make headway on my goal of being sub 170 by christmas. Most of it was just fat, as I've only actually gotten bigger.
B) Made Money. Not enough of it(it's never enough right?), and i'll have to work during the school year, but i'm at least comfortable with how much I have. Also, working at Target wasn't as terrible as I've made it out to be: I met a pretty girl I went on a "date" of sorts on, met somebody who does Kung Fu, yet can actually fight!, as well as 2 Muay Thai guys that are ridiculously good.
C) Better at Martial Arts. What can I say? 3+ months of boxing, plus kicking drills have made all the individual tools I have better. Now, this year I just gotta work on combining them(upper body, lower body, and grappling).
D) Got a Cell Phone. Number is on the facebook account
E) Got my license. Sure, all i have now is a temp license that looks like a receipt....but it's a license.
F) Mental Restructuring. Most of it just accepting what went wrong last year, changing how I acted around people, how I viewed life, etc. Boring philosophical stuff that I'm really too lazy to type. If you wanna know, ask me about it later.
Now that the school year is here, I'm just a mixed bag. On some level, i want to face the next year, see everybody from school, right the wrongs i made last year, all that sort of stuff. If anything, I"ve gained a lot of self confidence from what I've done this past summer, and I feel ready to go. On another level, I'm kinda worried i'm not ready, that people are gonna look at me, and see the same Jeff Hsu that they saw last year. Also, i'm not looking forward to the amount of things I have to do next year, academically and socially. I have bridges to build/mend, classes to do well in, jobs to apply for, all that good stuff, and to be honest, sometimes i just wanna be like "i quit", and stay at home. I feel like a runner at the starting line, or perhaps in a better comparison, a boxer about to fight his first match. I feel the same nervous energy, the same feeling of confidence yet worry, the anticipation for that "bell" to go off, and it's all just raging inside of me. All I know for sure is, when that bell rings, and I arrive at Princeton, i'm gonna come out swinging(not literally, i'm actually very mild :)). I'll see all of you princeton people tomorrow(the 10th).