I'm SO ready to leave... or am I?

The time is coming for me to stop my summer "personal growth session" and turn my attention toward academic development.

I have, count them, 10 days until I leave for Utah.

I've been waiting on this day for my whole summer. And now that it's coming up, I wish I had more time.

Don't get me wrong, I am STOKED to be back in a college town, to be around so many people my age, and to have the college lifestyle again. But at the same time, I have to leave my family a second time and, well...

There are a lot of forms and information I have to have put together as an international student. I have to get enrolment confirmation and mail it to Ottawa in order to renew my national student loans. I have to double-check that my I-20 is up-to-date, otherwise, it could prevent me from crossing the border. I also have to buy and manage a renter's insurance. I have to get an eye appointment and buy a new set of contacts before I leave. Oh, and on top of all of that, my job is demanding a lot of time from me so I'm losing time to do anything else in my days.

It's all starting to get really overwhelming, considering I really only have two weeks to do it all. I'm really starting to value having a proper work-life balance. My work-life balance for most of the summer had been more like work-play, and I forgot about the other responsibilities that I have. But now that the summer is coming to a close, I'm realizing the true importance of the responsibilities I have. I wish I didn't have to learn this the hard way, but those deadlines sure are teaching me a lesson.

These next couple of weeks are going to be difficult, but I've mentally prepared myself for them. I'm going to push hard and get everything accomplished. This will include proper adult-ing from now on. It's kind of funny in hindsight that it took me this long to really grow up, but here I am, ready to take the wheel of my own life now.

Wish me luck! ♡

P.S. Since the summer's coming to a close, or at least a brief hiatus before my "vacation" in Utah, here's some of my favourite pictures from my summer camping trips: