Post IV: Site Observation

I visited Union College here in Lincoln. As I walked around the campus, in and out of the various buildings, there were a few aspects of this college that stood out to me. First, this college was a very small college. It was just over one thousand students and that was the biggest student body that Union had had for 24 years. The campus itself was also very small. It only had a few buildings with classrooms in them, and a mere two dorms. The sidewalks weren’t crowded with students flying around on their bikes in order to get to class in time. Actually, everyone strolls around at a leisurely pace because there’s no hurry; most of the classrooms are right next door to each other.

Another thing that I noticed about Union College was that it was a very peaceful place. As I said before there was no rushing around. There was no chaos. Everyone at Union seemed to know one another and just be really relaxed. It was nice to be around that kind of atmosphere. Sometimes we all need a break from freaking out about this and that, and just take a moment and relax. Sometimes we just need to slow things down and take a deep breath, and then we can move on again. It’s important that we don’t stress ourselves out because then we will not perform up to our potential.

As I visited Union College all these thoughts came into my head. It was interesting to me because then I was able to see that I, myself, had been wearing myself out about a whole lot of little things. I learned from this experience that worrying doesn’t solve anything. Rather, it’s more important to keep a cool head and just breathe, rather than go crazy about everything that needs to be done. It’s smart to think about the things that need to be accomplished, but it’s not smart to worry about them.