Things have been picking up now that we are getting to the half way point in the semester. Like I said at the end of last week, the amount of things going on in my life has been stressful. I feel as if I have so much reading, work, and studying to do, but at the same time I am unable to do a great deal of it yet.  For the past week, I feel as if my brain has been thinking and working non-stop. Saturday early afternoon I hit a breaking point worrying about all of the work I had to do before Monday and then hearing about the Earthquake in Chile. A week ago two of my really good friends from Messiah left to do a semester abroad in Chile. Without knowing where the earthquake had occured my brain instantly thought of the worst and I freaked out. Having just spoken to the one the night before (only one hour before the earthquake hit), I couldn’t imagine that being me last interaction with them. With that said it was definitely not my last interaction with them and they are fine, but all my worrying about my own stresses escalated my worries about them. I finally was able to sign on to facebook and see that they were safe and even though I was shaken up I was able to move on to my project and later my loads of other work.

As this week has progressed, the stress has stayed, but so far no more breakdowns, and I hope there will be no more to come. Despite the busyness of this junior year, taking it one day at a time needs to become my way to deal with what is thrown my way. While this weekend is going to be yet another weekend of non-stop thinking, I know I don’t have to worry. I’ll get through it just like I did last weekend. While a breakdown might come every once in awhile and the worries of life might become too great, there really is no need to worry. You will make it through from day to day. If everything on your list doesn’t get done or if you don’t succeed in every task, that’s ok. None of us are able to be 100% perfect 100% of the time, and that’s all ok.