Of course some of the anxiety was, as usual, self-inflicted. This is because when it comes to my life, study always takes a back seat, even if it is a subject I enjoy. My assignment was due last Friday, but as I was working until near midnight every night last week, it didn't get done. I was thankfully granted a 7-day extension, but did I work on it throughout the week? Not a chance. I left it to the last day of the extension period.
So this morning, with a number of things plagueing my mind, and seeing my own stress levels rise higher and higher, I stopped and asked myself this, "What, out of the things I have to do, absolutely HAS to be done today?" I then realised that there were only three priority things that had to be accomplished, and they were manageable. The rest, although I would cop flack from my husband for not doing (the grocery shop is way overdue, and for toilet paper, we can no longer spare a square, advertising circulars will have to do) or put pressure on myself over the weekend to finish, could wait.
In the end I did the three priority things and then a few more. My fridge is filled with fresh fruit and veg, the freezer is stocked up with meat, work is up to date, and the kids were taken to their KidFit class, but I will have to do some non-perishable grocery shopping tomorrow, and study? I got the assignment in with five hours to spare. Studying for my 1 September exam? Well, it will have to wait, because I am going to enjoy a glass of wine now.
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