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Since I try to see the good in most things, I decided it was more than appropriate to comment on the more positive aspects of my life...especially with the previous post being so down in the dumps.
I guess it starts with the beginning of the semester. Something incredible happened to me upon arriving back to campus. For a long time, I was quite a stressed out individual, mainly with academics. I sometimes would take schoolwork way too seriously, and that would, in return, affect my general persona. That stress would seep into other aspects of my life like how I responded to family members and what have you. This past summer I think things finally peaked. I was expecting a really great, relaxing summer and it turned into the opposite for various reasons- I had my family pissed off at me because I would spend more time with my boyfriend, at the time, than with them, I was working, and was basically just trying to meet the demands of everyone around me and make them all happy. After so long, though, it was just no fun anymore. Somehow, everything backfired and, instead of making every side happy, my family was angry with me for not spending enough time with them, and my ex was frustrated with me because I was stressed out! I wonder now if he ever thought of where that stress came from...
I can't pinpoint exactly what the actual motivating factor was in me just calming myself down at the start of school. I can guess that it dawned on me that I did not like who I was when I got so stressed out. I am one of the nicest people you will ever meet, but I had gotten to the point where I didn't know what was worth having any stress over and what wasn't. Anyway, I got to school and suddenly everything was different. I can't even remember the last time my back, neck, or head hurt:) And this was a huge problem for me last year; by the end of each day all I could feel was a pounding headache and the need for a massage. So far this year, however, I am free from that pain. A lot of my stress is somehow just...gone. Or, at least it's at a normal level. Apparently, change can happen suddenly, and I haven't felt this good since...okay, I'm not even going to try to remember. On top of that, I am doing pretty well in all of my classes. Most of them each require a ridiculous amount of work; I have much more to do than I did freshman year.
I must say that I am very pleased with how I have been handling that side of things lately, because it is making me an all-around more laidback individual:) I had no idea what I was missing! (Granted, a certain issue that kind of came out of the dark has not had the greatest effect on me emotionally, but again, that is all relatively new to me and I am just learning how to deal with it.)
And thanks to everyone who encouraged me to just chiiiiill:)
I guess it starts with the beginning of the semester. Something incredible happened to me upon arriving back to campus. For a long time, I was quite a stressed out individual, mainly with academics. I sometimes would take schoolwork way too seriously, and that would, in return, affect my general persona. That stress would seep into other aspects of my life like how I responded to family members and what have you. This past summer I think things finally peaked. I was expecting a really great, relaxing summer and it turned into the opposite for various reasons- I had my family pissed off at me because I would spend more time with my boyfriend, at the time, than with them, I was working, and was basically just trying to meet the demands of everyone around me and make them all happy. After so long, though, it was just no fun anymore. Somehow, everything backfired and, instead of making every side happy, my family was angry with me for not spending enough time with them, and my ex was frustrated with me because I was stressed out! I wonder now if he ever thought of where that stress came from...
I can't pinpoint exactly what the actual motivating factor was in me just calming myself down at the start of school. I can guess that it dawned on me that I did not like who I was when I got so stressed out. I am one of the nicest people you will ever meet, but I had gotten to the point where I didn't know what was worth having any stress over and what wasn't. Anyway, I got to school and suddenly everything was different. I can't even remember the last time my back, neck, or head hurt:) And this was a huge problem for me last year; by the end of each day all I could feel was a pounding headache and the need for a massage. So far this year, however, I am free from that pain. A lot of my stress is somehow just...gone. Or, at least it's at a normal level. Apparently, change can happen suddenly, and I haven't felt this good since...okay, I'm not even going to try to remember. On top of that, I am doing pretty well in all of my classes. Most of them each require a ridiculous amount of work; I have much more to do than I did freshman year.
I must say that I am very pleased with how I have been handling that side of things lately, because it is making me an all-around more laidback individual:) I had no idea what I was missing! (Granted, a certain issue that kind of came out of the dark has not had the greatest effect on me emotionally, but again, that is all relatively new to me and I am just learning how to deal with it.)
And thanks to everyone who encouraged me to just chiiiiill:)