A few days after working with the Lemon Project and Branch Out, I find myself reflecting on the things I want to take with me from this weekend. One thing I valued far more than I expected to was the emphasis on mindfulness and self-care throughout the alternative break. While mindfulness and self-reflection are skills that I have been working on the past year, this weekend really emphasized the restorative power they can have in my everyday life. I fully plan on applying some of the exercises we practiced this semester to try to keep myself collected and grounded. Aside from the meditation, this weekend has instilled in me a newfound sense of what it means to serve and to be an activist. The experiences we had this weekend (meeting the Legacy 3, participating in moral Mondays) renewed my enthusiasm for community involvement and left me with a sense of pride in my college that I have not felt before. I am truly thankful to Branch Out and the Lemon Project for providing me with this incredible opportunity to learn and to serve, and I hope to carry the lessons I learned with me to create more positive and meaningful change.
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