Being Overwhelmed 101

As of right now, I am in full-on crunch time. And to be honest, school is driving me about as crazy as shown in the photo below (reference Figure 1...I've been writing too many lab reports). Luckily, I've been finding small portions of time to collect my sanity and really get things done. The really only daunting parts of the next two days are a heat transfer final and all the stuff revolving around Design Day. I've been blessed not to actually have a project for DD this year so that will be a HUGE contributing factor to me not being a hot steaming bowl of crazy by Friday afternoon.


Aside from the obvious stress factors in my life, I'd like to share a little something that my Aunt sent me over Christmas. I have taped it into my planner as a reminder. Though I rarely satisfy any of these rules in my daily life, I like to pretend that I'm making an effort to.

The 10 Commandments for Reducing Stress

1. Thou shalt not be perfect or even try to be.
   
2. Thou shalt not try to be all things to all people.
   
3. Thou shalt sometimes leave things undone that ought to be done.
   
4. Thou shalt not spread thyself too thinly.
   
5. Thou shalt learn to say "No."
6. Thou shalt schedule time for thyself and for your supportive network.
   
7. Thou shalt switch off and do nothing regularly.
   
8. Thou shalt be boring, untidy, inelegant, and unattractive, at times.
   
9. Thou shalt not even feel guilt.
   
10. Especially, thou shalt not be thine own worst enemy but be thine own best friend.
    

Okay, so maybe I'm doing a terrible job at doing any of those things considering that in the past 24 hours I've purposely scheduled too many things to do in a day, said "yes" to things I probably should have said "no" to, and kicked my own butt at the gym in a healthy, but not still probably not entirely healthy way. I guess I can just chalk it up to being an upwards battle for now.

Currently, other things on my mind include sleeping and how I'm getting very excited about moving to Texas. The thought of actually having to physically move again makes me a little sick (I hate hauling crap around), but if I suppress that part of moving I'm really looking forward to doing something new. My college town has become old news. I'm ready to meet all new people, try new food, live in a new culture...all the fun things about getting to relocate. It's amazing how a few weeks of catching up on sleep and a new routine can make you feel like you're much more rested and interested. Even though I'll probably be working just as hard or harder than I am now this summer, since it's all new and exciting I won't even notice how tired I am until around my last few weeks. Then it'll be time for school to start again and another big change. Ah, the joy of changing settings every 4 months.

I'd better get to bed as I'm much too tired and blurry to study and this entry is getting a little long. Another roll through in my head of what I have to do tomorrow...errands to SBS & Meijer, Design Meeting, Learn 2 Chapters of Heat Transfer, Take Heat Transfer Final, Mount Posters from 6-9, Go to Bed Early, Design Day, Bar Crawl...Finals...Done.

Okay, I think I can do this. Peace out.