Davison (DTV) – (6/5/2025) Like a good track runner, Natalie Luttermoser, a junior at Davison High School, never slows down even in her personal life.
“So, of course, I do school every single day and then every day. Well, not right now, because we’re on a break, but I do pom, we do practices on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, unless there’s competition. Then we add Wednesdays and Saturdays, and then I do work on weekends, and then I work on Mondays and Wednesdays at gymnastics down in downtown Davison.” said Natalie. “And then I work at Davison Dairy Queen on the weekends. And then in my free time, I tend to babysit at home.”
Even though Natalie is a pretty busy student, she still makes time for the things she enjoys.
“I spend time doing homework. I spend time just playing games with some of my friends, and then I like to go outside and go and run sometimes.” Natalie said.
Between school, hobbies, and work, Natalie can quickly find herself overwhelmed, but she finds ways to work around her issues and find the fun in them.
“Honestly, it’s just… you have fun with it. You schedule everything right before, like, not even right before, you schedule something about a week out from what you have to do, and then you have fun with it.”, said Natalie.
It is important to enjoy what you do, but it’s also important to not over-schedule yourself. Students may not realize that they are doing a lot of activities, but are overbooking themselves.
“Sometimes we’re imbalanced a little bit and we don’t realize why we’re being imbalanced, but it’s really because, hey, we were texting for 2.5 hours out of the day. That’s a long time, right? And that could be more productive in a different way. But we also need to make sure that we’re having fun and that, you know, we’re enjoying ourselves as well.” said Amy Hyrman, Davison High School counselor.
Some tips for enjoying being a teen, is to experience the social, sporting and cultural aspects of being a student.
“You really have to look in our ownself, like, do we have enough time in order to get all of those things that we have going on accomplished? And if we don’t, what do we need to dial back?” Said Amy Hyrman.
It is recommended that students take personal time and enjoy themselves with not only things they enjoy, but also work on stuff that is necessary for student life development.
“Don’t do things that will make others happy. Make stuff in your schedule for stuff that will make you happy.”, said Natalie.
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