Have Some Fun, Hon | Opinion - Harvard Crimson

Welcome one, and invited all
It’s large to person you here.
This volition beryllium my column
For the next, like, fractional a year.
“What’s with each the rhymes?” you ask
“You dependable similar you are three.”
First of all, rude.
And second, hold and see.

I’ve noticed thing worrisome
It’s truly rather mysterious
that galore Harvard undergrads
Are simply acold excessively serious!
They lone work the classics.
And enactment themselves to death
They anticipation for Goldman Sachs and Bain
With tense and baited breath.

The Ivies are notorious
For hyper-toxic vibes
They’re truthful hard to get into
Some affluent folks edifice to bribes!
But each that contention means
That students tin consciousness trapped
Like if they don’t talk Shakespeare
Then they’ll ne'er rather adapt!

This file is an argument
Against each that BS
Rhyming is simply a weapon
I volition usage to self-express!
I anticipation that radical work this
And recognize it’s okay
To instrumentality themselves little seriously
And adhd amusive to their day.

I person a large semester planned!
From last clubs to school,
We’ll interaction connected each things Harvard.
And if you’re like, “That’s not cool.”
Just cognize that rhymes are learning tools.
They worked erstwhile you were two.
And though you person regressed since then,
They conscionable mightiness enactment anew.

So what’s this archetypal portion each about?
What’s file fig one?
People astatine this school, it seems,
Feel blameworthy having fun.
They commencement their econ homework,
Then intermission to ticker a show.
But aft that they’ll curse their
Lazy asses. “No, Chad, No!
You fool! You numb nut!
You’ve wasted truthful overmuch time!
Goldman Sachs volition hatred you
If you ticker much Shonda Rhimes!”
Then they portion a Red Bull
And arsenic penance, they enactment up
Till 5:30 successful the morning.
Is this unproductive? Yup!

As students we are busy,
And seldom person the time
To bash things conscionable for fun
Like ticker a amusement oregon constitute a rhyme! (wink)
Harvard’s reputation
Of world clout
Enforces this reality
By filling america with doubt:
“Should I commencement my essay?
I haven’t had luncheon yet….
I truly request immoderate sleep
But I should commencement the adjacent pset!”

Because there’s ever enactment to do,
And we each privation success,
We often forgo pleasure
Which results successful undue stress.
But here’s a small secret
That science supports:
Too agelong without a break,
creates problems – Times reports.

Taking breaks is healthy.
It helps forestall fatigue!
So don’t consciousness blameworthy taking time
To cheque that shot league.
Studies amusement that taking breaks
And clip distant from work
Creates steadfast agelong word habits
That we different mightiness shirk.
Like sleep! And exercise!
And quality interaction!
Science says that rested folks
Have “higher satisfaction.”

Psychologically,
The quality encephalon is built to wander
We tin absorption ≈40 minutes
Then our encephalon volition discontinue its ponder!
So pushing done is by nary means
The “best” happening we should do
Guilt’s not necessary—
take immoderate clip that’s conscionable for you!

But for you workaholics,
Know there’s people benefits, too
Work tends to beryllium amended when
Your encephalon is caller and new
Taking clip to bent with friends
Or doing things you like
Is not anti-productive,
It makes ideas spike!

And of course, for intelligence health,
Some amusive breaks are required!
They assistance america to escape
The stressful patterns we’ve got wired.
Knowing it’s important
To bash things that we enjoy
Will assistance america unrecorded our lives here
With much happiness and joy.

Does that mean we should ne'er work?
Or enactment each night?
Nah bro, marque astute choices
And I curse you’ll beryllium alright.
My constituent present is, a amusement oregon two?
A time that’s conscionable for fun?
It surely won’t termination you
And volition assistance successful the agelong run.

So if, to prevention your intelligence health,m
You request to instrumentality a break.
Then girl, you should bash it!
At least, bash it for my sake.

Mireya Sánchez-Maes ’24 is simply a associated concentrator successful English and Theater, Dance, and Media successful Currier House. Her file “Rhyme and Reason” appears connected alternate Mondays.