Yesterday (Sunday) I helped out at an event that one of my mentors had. His mom was coming to DC with about fifty at risk kids from Chicago with an organization called "Imagine Englewood If...". I think their mission is to improve their city/neighborhood, and they advocate for it in different ways. So at our event yesterday we welcomed them, had dinner, and then a few speakers said some words. It was a simple appreciative welcome, and yet it was actually a lot of work. I was dead tired after it was all over.

The whole thing made me think a lot...too much, in fact. While we were cleaning up, I was thinking "is it right that I should be working till 10:30pm on a Sunday? Isn't this MY time?" But, I decided it's better to be someone that can be relied on than to have some extra time on my hands. I figured, if I can keep up this kind of work ethic, in the future, I can be reliable, trusted, and move up in whatever field I'm in (hopefully).