GBO and School

Jed Lee
Jed Lee
Aug 23, 2017 · 2 min read

So GBO, or Golden Bear Orientation, ended today and I figure that I should write about my thoughts before I get swept into the business of school life. Classes start tomorrow and the 9500 new students that GBO leaders help lead around the campus begin their true new lives at Berkeley. For me, I went into GBO not really worried about the task I had ahead of me. With years of experience at White Stag, I felt confident in my abilities as a camp counselor. GBO’s not much different, just much more people and way more hectic.

My group was 220, or 215, or both and honestly that was the biggest deterrent of the week lmao. People get being confused to why we had two numbers, and why they couldn’t just get over that, I don’t know why. It felt good being an OL and to se

Okay honestly, at this point I have nothing to write about. I put this piece on hold yesterday and I’m trying to come back to it right now, the next day. But it doesn’t seem like I have anything to talk about, I don’t have any compelling thoughts to share. But I should write about it right? So it’s not lost, so I know it actually meant something.

Lots of people at the group closing meeting shared incredible stories and memories and feelings about GBO. I know that the week went well and that my students enjoyed my presence but did it make an impact on me? I was sick the entire week, sleep deprived, and partly distracted by a lovely tag-along (Dylan). Will I remember the fun activities and moments we had as a group? Or was I too focused on being the perfect leader and following schedules to enjoy it all?

There’s a lot of questions in this world, questions that tug and pull and can drain the energy from our bodies. Questions that are better off unasked, unthought, and unconcieved.

I don’t have much to say about GBO at this moment in time, but I do want to make a plan or guideline as the school year starts. A pre reflection of sorts

Sophomore Year:

Even though I have a year under my belt at Berkeley, this still feels completely new. It’s a new start and I have to remake myself in the best way possible. I’m more conscious about self care, but hope to stay relentlessly ambitious. I’m working on it. Trying to rethink strategies and priorities to better help me and my future.

not everything has to be a performance

let loose and live

feel and think over think and feel

just be chill

sleep moves mountains

i have nothing to fear

hardships look out, going to sink ya

find out what illuminates

fiat lux, go forth

when thoughts don’t want to be composed

they emerge

like this

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