Throughout life, we are often placed in certain circumstances that seem overwhelming; circumstances that seem to shrink our time usually spent on things that we enjoy. Whenever I find myself in those situations, I often become discouraged and upset that mandatory sacrifices have been made. However, I feel that these times only call for inventive and intuitively created adventures to achieve our own sense of joy in life.

I have been working at Rankin's Exxon for almost three months now. It is my main source of income and also my my main source of time spent. Due to the decreased amount of leisure time, I have seemingly fallen into a creative slump and this is truly not a place I like to be. Yet, I believe if I stay in that place, it is because of my own laziness and lack of aspiration to pursue things that I want. There twenty-four hours in a day. That breaks down to one thousand, four-hundred and forty minutes. I spend eight (or four hundred and eighty minutes) of the twenty-four hours at Exxon working. This leaves me with 16 hours of time to myself, not counting the days when other duties take priority. "But Ned, what about sleep? When do you rest?" Well that still leaves me with eight hours to myself, giving me eight ours of staring at the backs of my eyelids.

I do have time to spend. It's just a matter of how I use that time. My time at Exxon is many times something I dread, usually due to it's repetitive aspects. However, everyday is a new day with new experiances, even my day's at the Shelocta Mall, or more commonly known, Rankin's Exxon.

With great hope, I will plan to delve into many more adventures in my days to come. Everyday is a new day. Everyday that I wake up is another oppurtunity to experiance something new or indulge in something that I have previously enjoyed. The wise use of the time that God has given to me is imperative.

Nathaniel Drew Kimmel