24 August 2010

Phew!

Even though I SAID I was going to be spending my last week of summer in a state of relaxed appreciation, that has not happened.  It's been a hectic week over here but I'm kind of loving it.  After a month and a half of absolutely nothing, it's nice to have Important Things To Do.


With classes beginning in less than a week and school beginning two weeks after, I've been scrambling to get things in order so I'll have all my routines down by the time everything gets crazy.  Booking appointments, organizing shelves and desks and binders, running out for last minute supplies, getting myself on a decent sleep schedule, re-connecting with friends, classmates, and colleagues... It's overwhelming!  Shannon at The Simply Luxurious Life wrote a great post about it today; good to know I'm not the only one in this pre-school year madness. :)

As I prepare for the increase in work and therefore pressure, I wonder.. how do you deal with stress?  I'm usually pretty good at it (I've had enough practice), but I have a tell - my house or my room goes to shambles!  If I'm worried about a million other things, the neatness of my living space is the one thing I'll let go. What about you? Does everything carry on while your brain goes wild? Or do you have a secret tell too?

One last thing I have to share - I found this thank you card while out shopping and I had to buy it.  Too cute!

9 comments:

  1. To deal with stress, if I actually have time to deal with it (another story all together), is to go running. I feel so much better afterwards. However, most of the time I just don't have time to deal with it and I do my best to ignore the stress and just do the work. Enjoy your last week and try not to think about the stress... life is too short!

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  2. Oh yes! Exercise is another that usually gets pushed to the side when I'm super busy / stressed.. but you're right, it definitely helps!!

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  3. Oh my gosh, that might be the cutest card ever!

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  4. We should make a pact to both go running tomorrow. You can do it on the east coast and I'll do it out here on the west.

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  5. I'm IN!!! Will report back after my run :mrgreen:

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  6. All finished! I can't say I was fast or went very far but I also haven't run in 3 months. As far as first days go it wasn't so bad. Here's the breakdown:
    2.5 miles of intervals in 30 minutes
    And now it's time to go make jam. Have a great day.

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  7. You still whooped me!! I did 2 miles in 30 minutes. I love running buddies ;)

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  8. I know I'm very excited. Long distance running buddies!

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  9. I am the exact same way. When I'm super-stressed, it seems I can't be bothered to do simple things...like cleaning the house. However, I kind of make up for it when I'm procrastinating about something. Then I clean everything just to avoid the task I'm putting off. lol!
    XO Piper

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