Friday, April 15, 2011

Since starting my second job, at Wal-Mart, my life has been crazy.  I have been totally stressed and tired all the time.  I came to the point where I knew I reached my limit.  I realized that I could no longer handle having two jobs, where I worked a total of over 40 hours a week, taking 18 credit hours of classes, planning a wedding that is happening in less than two months, and also trying to have a life.  With working all the time I am ready to just crawl in bed by the time I get off work.  With everything going on I have allowed myself to get behind in school which I am not proud of.  By getting behind in school it has put even more stress on me.  I knew I had to change something and fast.  After thinking about everything, I realized my only option was to turn in my two weeks’ notice at Lane Bryant.  I enjoyed my job there very much but it was not worth all the stress I was having.  Before making the choice to give my two weeks’ notice I had to look things over with my fiancé and see if we would be able to do it financially.  We both decided that my education was more important than having that extra money.  I still have my two weeks left but a lot of stress has already been lifted off.  Now I am trying to get caught up in school which has not been easy.  School has never been this hard for me.  I believe part of it is because I transferred this semester.  Not only am I trying to get use to things here but I am also missing my old school and friends.  Since moving here I have felt it hard to connect and feel like I belong, even though this is where I went to high school.  At this point I am just trying to make it through school.  I have already decided to only take 12 credit hours next semester and to not take any online classes.  Even though I know it is best for me to only take 12 credit hours it is still hard for me because I have never taken less than 16 credit hours.  I know it is going to help but it is going to mess up my plan of graduating early.  I have learned that when biting off more than you can chew it does a lot more harm than good. 

1 comment:

  1. You have been very busy and it sounds like you deserve a break. I admire you for taking on so much and for taking so many hours at school. I would not have lasted this long. Good luck on the rest of the semester!

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