This week has been a crazy week. The week before semester exams always is for a teacher. It's too early to begin reviewing, but you don't want to start anything new either. The deadlines pile up for grades and exams and making copies and the list goes on. The holidays also bring with it their own deadlines: foods to prepare, parties to attend, gifts to buy, family to visit. With all these things, it's hard to do the things you like and maybe need to do for the purpose of maintaining your sanity.
I enjoy running and going to the gym. It's a stress reliever and way to lose those nerves that sometimes plague you when you're running out of time. I also enjoy cooking and baking, for the same purpose. With daylight savings time, extra errands to run and the end of the semester at hand, those stress relievers get moved to the bottom of the priority list.
And then I realize, that because of the deadlines at work, it means I have a job (that I love) in the midst of a not so good economy (to put it nicely). The families to visit and parties to attend mean that I am surrounded by people I love and who love me! Wanting to buy gifts and make food means that I have people I want to buy for and people I want to feed and the money to do both!
At the end of the day, the stress is manageable because there is more to be thankful for. If only I could remember that when I begin my panic attacks at past due deadlines and long lines at the stores. Someone once told me that if you were having a bad day to do the "Grateful ABC's". For each letter of the alphabet, mention one thing that you are thankful for that begins with that letter. About half way through the alphabet, you forget what made the day so bad!
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