Resolutions!

So I know that it’s March and the time for making resolutions has long passed, but I’ve had a revelation of sorts and have decided to make a resolution that will make me as well as everyone around me (I hope) happier. I am going to do my best to stop complaining and enjoy things around me. As someone French told me, the French love to complain, however, I guess this is just one of the “Olympic events” that I will not be competing in.

How did this come about, you may be asking? Well, I keep realizing that my life is quite good. So every time I complain or think of how sucky something is, I remember that really, I’m quite privileged. Now, I’m not talking about being upper class privileged, I’m talking about being privileged experience wise.

On Saturday, the last night of our spring break, MC and I turned to each other and noted that we didn’t want our vacation (more thoughts on the actual vacation later) to end and go back to the real world. Upon further contemplating the situation though, we each realized that our real world was Paris. We were heading back from our adventures in Portugal and Spain, to continue our Parisian escapades. Really, life is not *that* bad!

So in lieu of complaining, I’m going to walk around with a permanent smile and relish the fact that I still have 4 weeks in Paris, after which I will be sad to leave, but I get to go to Chicago and see all my lovely friends and take amazing classes and enjoy Chicago life. Really, life is, simply, not that bad.