Modular freedom

[triskellian]

Over the last few weeks, I've been getting increasingly stressed and, well, 'panicked' isn't as much of an exaggeration as I'd like it to be, over the amount of things I had to do. It's my busy time at work, there's still loads of wedding stuff to do, and I've had a lot of reading to do in preparation for an essay. This weekend, it finally sunk in that something had to give (and that that something shouldn't be 'relaxing' or 'seeing my friends'). Yesterday I spoke to my personal tutor, and got his agreement to postpone this term's module. Suddenly, I'm feeling excited about wedding prep again, and calmer about my many work deadlines.

I've spent more than a month (minus the week in Cornwall for BaCon) obsessively and involuntarily making mental to do lists, and confusing the deadlines for each item, so the week before BaCon, a typical list included items like this:

• Pack clothes in time for newsletter publication date
• Organise flowers in time for BaCon departure day
• Read English: history, variety and change in time for wedding
• Proof-read articles in time for essay deadline

And now I'm free of that. One major extra-curricular project (the wedding) is plenty; if I'd known in advance what a gibbering wreck I was going to turn into, I would never have begun a module this term. I've been dreading the fun things I've had planned, because they were going to steal time that I needed for essay writing; now, I'm looking forward to them again.

Yesterday evening, for example, I had four things to do (one entirely fun, two part-fun-part-chore, one chore). I did all of them, enjoyed them all, and fit some mooching about and a really yummy dinner in around them. I went to bed late, but this morning I feel much less wrecked than after nights last week when I'd gone to bed early. I feel like I've got my life back.

And to add to my newfound feeling of happiness and ability to cope, a sweet-smelling package from nixieq arrived this morning. I'm looking forward to my hayfever going down as the day goes on, so I can properly appreciate the smelly oils she's mixed for me - thank you again!

Comments

[nixieq.livejournal.com]

hoorah for stress management! hoorah for smelly oils! hoorah for mark llama, gerbil farmer!

*smoochies* i'm glad your lists are straightening out. in my (somewhat limited so far) experience, wedding-planning turns everyone into gibbering idiots, even when they're trying to go low-key.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_corpse_/]

Stress is bad.

Realising that there is stress and doing something about it before you go 'peculiar' is good.

So, well done, and have a point!

[wimble.livejournal.com]

Isn't there a superflous "o" in that last line?

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

It's a pronunciation guide !

[lathany.livejournal.com]

One major extra-curricular project (the wedding) is plenty; if I'd known in advance what a gibbering wreck I was going to turn into

Wow. You've always looked really calm about it when I've seen you. You've obviously got the cool, composed exterior look working ;-)

I feel like I've got my life back.

Glad you're feeling on top of it all again (even though I hadn't noticed otherwise :-( ).

[mr-snips.livejournal.com]

Congratulations:-)


(I've been feeling much more rested for the last week or so as well, seeing as I am now properly unemployed (at last! at last!). I almost feel like Doing Something, or at least Socialising, now. Must remember not to get a Proper Job again, I think - or at least not one that keeps me quite as busy as I've been the last four years:-))