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Does your life leave a lot of time for relaxing?

 My Bedtime of 9:30   Nowadays, I’m in bed at 9:30pm on a school night. This is extremely early by typical teenage terms. I used to— and most of my friends still do— go to sleep quite late, getting only five to six hours of sleep. However, if high school taught me anything, it is that sleep is important. In reality, going to bed so early is the only time I truly get to relax. Despite school almost ending, life doesn’t leave much time to relax. Going to school as a second semester senior is hard enough. Add to that, sports and other extracurriculars. I could only wish for a time when I was young enough where all I had to do was relax. Senioritis hit me hard. The accumulation of years of hard and diligent work led to major burnout once all my college applications were submitted. I had hoped that the second semester of senior year would be stress-free and fun. Everyone who said that lied. Although the stressors are not the same or as apparent as before, there is always somethin...