Now that I have started my first week of classes I have started to realize this is going to take EFFORT. I am juggling home, school, and work...which I really think is not going to stay full time.
I think what will keep me going an driving me to keep going with school is my family. I am the first in my immediate family to graduate high school and the first to go to college and make it this far. My mom was talking about her work schedule changing in a few weeks and I reminded her when I was pregnant with my son I was in school from 8am-12 pm, worked at the after school program from 2-6 pm and then worked my evening job from 6:30-2am. If I could do it she could switch from working afternoons to nights. She then told me "Shelia Marie I'm not super woman!"
I realized people expect so much out of me because I expect so much out of myself. If I want to succeed in school I need to focus on school!
I am planning on focusing on school and showing my son that I am doing this not only for myself but for him. WE will succeed together. I hope I can give my point of view to the other members of the DL community. I want them to know I am here and I can relate to lots of different situations people go through and If I am not able to, I can LISTEN and if needed give support.
When studying I have started listening to different calm study music from youtube...try it out.=]
PS. We had an ultrasound. BABY in the oven is a BOY=]
WOW Shelia you seem to be a very driven person! I commend you for working so hard in school and trying to juggle work as well as family. I completely understand the feeling, as I am a very busy girl and work a lot. I think it is awesome that you are wanting to show your sone how important it is to succeed!!! Gongrats on your baby cooking in the oven :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the baby boy! As I was reading you post I was eager to figure out how you separate work from home. I had the same experience at my internship. I went home many nights and dwelled on things i couldn’t change. This was caused because of having attachments with different kids from the club. Once I talked with my supervisors about the issue she suggested that i write my concerns down and discuss them with her briefly before leaving the club house. It helped a great deal because she taught me a method of thinking and writing down all the positive things first and the negative second. The positive always out weight the bad. At first it didn’t seem beneficial but as I have grown I can do all the smaller problems mentally in my head. Hopefully throughout the semester I can ask how your able to deal with these types of issues!
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