So why is my life so hard? I'll give you a hint. It starts with an 'e' and ends with an 'ighteen hours of graduate school.' Between my seven classes, only one does not have a semester long team project. And that one class is of course, none other than ice skating, which is clearly not a group sport at my skill level.
I will give you a preview of this week for me. Are you ready? You may need to sit down for this.
1.) A 20 page paper due. But have no fear, mine is somehow magically 29.
2.) A 30 minute presentation on General Motors's bankrupcy.
3.) A 10 minute presentation on retail types.
4.) A mini-test in corporate tax.
5.) A homework set for project management, which takes typically minimum one hour if it's incredibly easy.
6.) Completing one year of running my company, Chester Inc. As in each week is a year in my company's life. I control the research and development, production, marketing, human resources, finance, and supply chain departments of the company, so pretty much I'm the key woman.
---1.) through 6.) all due by Friday.
And this is not even that busy of a week. And that doesn't even include all of the time spent on just reading chapters and doing bookwork and what not to stay up-to-date on what's being lectured. Do you see? MY. LIFE. (this semester). SUCKS.
I decided that I literally would die from stress before the end of the semester, and that's assuming I haven't already produced a stomach stress ulcer. So, I came up with a few things that must be done everyday, no questions asked, to keep me even 10% sane. Here's my top five recommendations for you:
1.) Pray. Every Morning. Without Fail. Always. In church, you're told to start out your day with prayer. I always have known that I should, but have I ever sacrificed 15 minutes of sleep for a little God time in the morning? Nope. This semester I have adapted. God time is an absolute must each morning, whether it be while I am showering or while I am sitting in traffic. I can't go through my day in one piece without it. Not to mention how much serenity it starts my day off with.
2.) Keep a snack with me. I am beginning to wonder why I pay rent, because practically all of my time is spent on campus anyways. I am on campus everyday by 9AM, typically not leaving till 4 or 5PM, and then returning again from 8PM till past midnight. And let me tell you, even just a granola bar makes a huge difference in my attitude. Full stomach = happy camper.
3.) Remind myself of my end goal. Today, I started a countdown till graduation. We're at 564 days if you're curious. I plan to make partner 11 years after starting my career. All of my stress today is for a better tomorrow. Reminding myself what tomorrow could hold makes today a little more optimistic.
4.) Two heads are better than one. But I hate teamwork. I hate teamwork more than anyone you know. There is always that one person who never meets deadlines, who is at least 10 minutes late to every meeting, who is pretty much a huge pain in the butt for everyone else on the team. However much I hate teams though, I am not always right, believe it or not. :) Therefore, it's kind of nice to have someone else there to make sure at least the end product is correct, even if the rest of the team sucks so badly that there is practically no more oxygen in the room.
5.) Lastly, take approximately 22.5 minutes for yourself each day. Work, work, work is no fun. There always has to be time for you, regardless how busy you are. How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, Big Bang Theory, anything- Hulu has it. Not to mention, nothing accompanies your you-time better than a huge bubble bath.
I found a quote this week that I really like. I thought I'd leave it with you to reflect on.
"You can do anything, but not everything."
Hope you found some meaning out of it like I did! And have a fabulous week ladies!
XOXO
-Victoria
