Sitting at home all day and watching tv. Man, I wish that was my biggest worry. I got to school, and my class load is horrific. In school day, I have seven academic classes in an eight hour set up. Which means, that I get no break, no study hall, and no P.E. I do all this work just so that I can be prepared for college. But besides my school life, I also work at a job where in a normal week I work 30-32 hours. Now for those of you who don't know, 40 hours is considered full time. I get up, go to school to work hard all day, I get off and I go straight to work. It sucks, but I must do it because my parents can't afford to pay for everything I want. I have to pay for insurance, my truck, and gas. When I get off of work, I have to go home and spend what is left of my time working on my homework. With all that goes on in my life I sometimes wonder at myself for managing to keep up with all of it, but some how I keep marching on. I tell myself It will all pay off, and right now I am tied with five other people for valedictorian of my class. I must keep moving and keep progressing and not let stress bring me down. How do I deal with stress? Well I have battled stress for a long time. I used to let every little thing stress me out, but as time has progressed and I have matured, I have realized that there are just somethings I can't control and I can't do anything more than what I am doing. I tell myself, don't get upset because it's not worth it, and everything will work out for the best. This has seen me through some ruff times, but I just keep my head up and move on.
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I know what you mean.
I have seven APs and an honors class.
An extracurricular every day.
College essays to write.
Scholarship essays to write.
Work on the weekends (because I most definitely don't have time during the week).
Volunteer work for Honors Society.
AND I hafta retake an AP test from last year because the College Board lost the free response section.
To top it all off, I have my parents on my back 24-7.
Yeah, it's rough, and yeah my social life is next to nonexistant. But I still have time to have a good time.
It's all about knowning when you can afford to slack off a bit.
you might be really stressed out now but when you look back at all that you've accomplished, good grades and being able to support yourself financially, you will always be proud.