Stress!!

[Angel Tarragon]

Stress gave me gray hairs on my chin and head at the age of 23. Thankfully, I now live at peace with myself. No more stress. Stress happens when you think about the pressures of life too often. If you let them go and have faith, life becomes much easier. I know from experience.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I'm a little less stressed out at the moment... however, TU and I are both back in the great state of South Dakota for his grandfather's funeral.

Hopefully things will be a bit better when we get back to the DC area.

 

[Rel]

I'm a little less stressed out at the moment... however, TU and I are both back in the great state of South Dakota for his grandfather's funeral.

Hopefully things will be a bit better when we get back to the DC area.

When you vanished from this thread for a bit I was afraid this might have been the reason.

Please extend my condolences to The Universe and his family.

 

[Pbartender]

So - tell me EN World - how do YOU deal with stress? Give me some tips to stay organized, calm, and rational as I attempt to conquer the coming week. I need it!

Self-flaggellation.

Nothing takes your mind off stress and refocuses it resolutely on the here and now better than a dozen lashes from the knotted cat in the baize bag.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Well... I'm officially done with classes which means the semester has truly begun. The final draft of my prospectus is due on Tuesday and it's got me back in my "freak out" mode mostly because I cannot, for the life of me, seem to structure it in a way that satisfies both me and my professor. Yarg! The frustration!



But - come Thursday (after by 9 hours of exams) - I will officially be DONE with this semester (except for that other paper I have to write before the 20th! ).

I *heart* school!!!!

 

[reveal]

Well... I'm officially done with classes which means the semester has truly begun. The final draft of my prospectus is due on Tuesday and it's got me back in my "freak out" mode mostly because I cannot, for the life of me, seem to structure it in a way that satisfies both me and my professor. Yarg! The frustration!



But - come Thursday (after by 9 hours of exams) - I will officially be DONE with this semester (except for that other paper I have to write before the 20th! ).

I *heart* school!!!!

Woot! Only how many more semesters to go? And what's your degree in again? Is this a bachelor's or masters?

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Woot! Only how many more semesters to go? And what's your degree in again? Is this a bachelor's or masters?

BA, History and I'll be done 1 year from now.

 

[reveal]

BA, History and I'll be done 1 year from now.

The best class you will ever take is the last one you have to take for your degree. My last semester involved Cisco Routing and SQL Server Admin it just flew by.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

The best class you will ever take is the last one you have to take for your degree. My last semester involved Cisco Routing and SQL Server Admin it just flew by.

I'm really looking forward to Fall 2006. I'll be officially done with my degree, but will simply be taking credits to graduate. So, it'll be a nice combination of Yoga and history classes that did not previously fit my schedule because of requirements.

 

[Desdichado]

My problem is... when I get to this point... I usually just collapse into a screaming, crying mess and get absolutely nothing done because I'm so focused on the fact that I'm never going to get all of these things done. It's totally the logical way to do it! *rolls eyes*

My wife gets like that too--when there's too much to do, she starts feeling like she's spinning in circles, unable to tackle everything. Luckily, I seldom get like that; I just take one thing at a time, get it done, and move on to the next. I'm also better able (IMO) to sort out what really needs to be done and what can wait to be done later.

I don't know if that helps, though. When my wife gets like that, she kinda relies on me to bail her out, take her away from the situation, and start helping her bucket water out of the proverbial sinking ship by doing some of the jobs that need to be done myself, and helping her with others. But I'm not going to do that for you.