De-stressing

Alright, tad bit late on my goal post. I worked longer than normal this weekend and ended up completely disorganized, but I'm back, my assignments and plans for the week are written down (and color-coordinated!), and I'm ready to get back on schedule.

Going with the idea of long work hours, looming midterms, and plenty of class projects, I'm taking this week to start scheduling in "de-stressing" times. So, goal 29 is to take a little bit of time out each day to just turn away from all forms of distractions or technology, and take just a few minutes to breathe on my own, stop focusing so hard on whatever I happen to be doing, and just take the time to relax.

Stress is tiring and unhealthy, not to mention frustrating, and it'll be nice to try and get away from that a little bit each day.

So,

last week's goal was borne more out of necessity than anything. The first half of the week was rough, but by the end I was back on track, focusing on my goals, cleaning my room, and keeping the non-happy bits of me safely locked away.

In the mean time, I'm more focused now, and I'm ready to begin the week after syllabus week as I always intend to stay: organized. This means putting all my major due dates up on my google calendar (I got a head start on that last night), checking my syllabi regularly to keep up with my readings, and making a list each week of homework that needs to be accomplished. I got into the swing of doing that by the end of last semester, and I'm hoping I'll be able to start--and keep up with it!--earlier this semester. Overall, goal 26 is to get my school things organized, and keep them that way.

Today was the first day of classes,

which signifies that summer is officially over. It's also monday, so new goal day! Originally I had something else planned for this week's goal, but my emotions have been 100% everywhere over the past few days, so goal 25: Focus on Happy. Also, don't lose sight of the progress I've been making these past weeks, as far as cleaning my room and staying organized. Remember my goals. Just because classes started again, it doesn't mean I should lose sight of what I've been working toward.