Grad school is very much about work. You and your professors put time limits on you, the student, to complete a certain amount of tasks. You've essentially been hired (though usually you're not the one on payroll) to do research while at the same time learn the basics and the ropes to your professional field. The work piles up, and there's never a break.
Unfortunately, there is such a demand of your work that with only 24 hours in a day, some sacrifices must be made. Some of the cuts are pretty obvious: forget being a regular watcher of a primetime program, and hold on to those distant memories of weekday parties. But your life is school, and this doesn't just restrict your socal life, but also your intrapersonal life. There's not as much time to sit back and reflect, to go for a solo walk, to enjoy a sunrise. Many people in this country live to work, to make that extra buck and get one rung higher on their professional ladder, at the expense of the little things that really make life special. Grad school prepares you for such a life, but you have a choice to live a life of work and joy. It may be hard to juggle both, and you may have to lean one way or the other, but there's always a choice.
I want to always appreciate the little things.
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