I’m trying not to panic here, but I’m exhausted. Hard core, absolutely, fall asleep while standing up exhausted. And I’m in week two of weeknight teaching and still two weeks away from juggling Master’s degree, teaching and job (oh and you know, things like eating, sleeping, saying hi to my husband or washing my clothes).
So I’m trying to take things one day at a time. I keep telling myself that all I have to do is function today. Tomorrow is another day I’m not even remotely thinking about. My ‘keep calm and carry on’ strategy is as follows:
- I’ve ordered the agenda of all agendas. I’m an organizational freak and not having everything written out and colour coded causes me huge stress. Trying to alleviate that impending stress with pro-active agenda organizing.
- Preparing my clothes/books/snacks the night before. I’ve sort of failed at this a few times already, but I’m making a renewed effort. Mostly because when I don’t pack healthy snacks and eat dinner at 4:15 in the car, by 8pm in a long long meeting, the donuts on the table start to look reallllllly good. Operation not be jiggly for Mexico does not like donuts and hershey’s kisses and all the other junk that people dump on the meeting room table. Getting my clothes ready before helps the morning realization that I have to leave for work in 5 minutes and my shirt looks like it was sat on by an elephant and is covered in wrinkles as a result.
- Making myself a daily check list. Helps me remember all the little things when it feels like my brain is going to explode.
- Realize that I’m not perfect and it’s ok not to be the best at everything. Working hard on this one. Easier said than done.
- Do something I enjoy that isn’t related to work or school for at least 10 minutes. Even if it means I only get to read a few pages of a book, it makes me feel like I’m in control of my life again.
xox
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