My Opportunity Cost's

            As the one-month milestone of my sophomore year comes rolling along I can reflect and appreciate the vast amount of knowledge I have already obtained, despite it being so early in the academic year.  I am a major advocate of learning from mistakes. But although I recognize the vitality of being open to failure and the ability to move forward, I am a fundamentally a perfectionist.  I hate making mistakes and can often be very hard on myself when caught making regrettable decisions. 

In fact, upon my first few days of being back at TCU I failed; I failed to say “no”.   Coming back from summer vacation, I wad immediately inundated with multiple scheduling requests from my three employers (Rec. Rock Wall, Adventure Trip Programs, Foster Hall).  Being eager to please (and unrealistic with my self), I kept on saying yes to my mangers’ requests. After a few days I quickly came to the realization that I had committed to countless hours of work and had developed a schedule that was feasibly impossible with shifts, class periods, and social commitments.  At first I attempted to shrug it off telling myself that I would manage some how and that staying busy would be a good thing for me.  But as school assignments kept coming while social opportunities passed, I quickly became overwhelmed by fatigue and frustration. I had failed because I didn’t know how or when to say no.  Saying no is one of the most fundamental yet often, difficult thing to do.  I have learned this lesson the hard way. The ability to weigh opportunity costs and to say no to the least profitable is one skill that is vital to living a well-balanced life.