Stress Continues

Well, now it is really finals week. And people are losing it.  But there is good news!  People are still mostly good!

At least that is what I am telling myself.  Because this weekend something amazing happened to me.  It's called I had a wonderful discussion with a friend.  Real talk.  And it reminded me of what it is I love most in the whole world.  The reason I am inflicting mental pain, as well as physical pain, on myself as I try to get an education.

And that is that I love love love people!! I love how we can all look at the same picture but see such different things! I love how everyone really yearns to connect with someone else! And when it happens, it's seriously magic!  It's the best feeling in the world! And I remembered that as I connected with a friend I haven't talked to in a while.

It's so easy for us to be shallow in our conversations.  It's like we follow a script.

"Hey! How are you?"
"I'm alright. How are you doing?"
"I'm doing good."
"Well, I'll see ya later!"
"Yeah! See ya!"

We don't take the time out of our seemingly busy lives to connect with people who need it the most.  This is something I have loved to do for so long, and it just hit me that I have seriously been neglecting building relationships with the people around me like I should be.  Well, that's ok.  Because there never ceases to be people around me, so there are plenty of chances to make up for it!





Also, here is a little song that is close to my heart this week.


 

Stress

It being the final weeks of school, stress seems to be sweeping all of Provo.  Last week felt like a month to me.  Between my numerous work shifts, last-minute assignments due, tests, class, and more last-minute assignments, there was barely time to accomplish some basic necessities of life.  Such as eating and sleeping. Sometimes I'm not sure how I survive on as inconsistent a schedule as I do.  I literally squeeze things in where nothing should be sqwooze.

Anyway, despite my extreme stress, I feel like there are many others who are experiencing this stress at a total different degree than I am.  And I really feel for them.  I was there once..... back in the days of the most terrible and difficult semesters of college.... good times.  The good news is you survive and discover that you are stronger than you thought!

Anyway, as an assignment, we were supposed to do something nice for someone who is more stressed than us.  Since I find myself working quite a bit, I often get my meals at work.  We had a lot of leftover doughnuts from the day before when I went into work one morning. I was in unusually early because I had a class at nine and had to write a paper before I went.  Ok, maybe that wasn't as unusual as I would have liked it to be.  A good friend of mine is in that class with me. And he always tells me of his intense chemistry and math classes.  Every time I hear about them I get more and more grateful that my calling in life has nothing to do with those subjects.

So, with leftover doughnuts at work and a super stressed friend in my next class, I figured it would be a good idea to bring him breakfast. Which I did. And he enjoyed it.  In fact, he gave me lots of positive reinforcement over text message, which makes me think he is trying to train me to do it again.  Pavlov's dog style.  I guess we'll see if that worked...