The Field Trip of a Lifetime
As a University student I experienced, as many others did, an overwhelming amount of stress and anxiety. Post secondary education focuses a lot on the future. Your future as a graduate student, your future career, the future of your field, future research etc. It is so easy to be caught up in running after the next thing. "I just need to make it to first exams and then I can breathe." Or "As soon as I finish this research paper I'll feel better." When in reality, as soon as one thing is done there's something else to come that seems just as urgent. It always felt like a race through it all. First one to the finish line still alive wins... but you also had to pack good grades, extra curriculars and some volunteer work in there too.
