The struggle is over… isn’t it?

Thinking about my month of rest and relaxation

Post-Thanksgiving, most of the things that brought me the most stress have passed.

Final papers and projects turned in.

A few programs delivered before our break in programming til January.

It feels like I can “song yi kou qi” or take a breath.

I think I’ve been subconsciously comparing myself to others, though. Knowing that there are people who work two or three jobs even while going to school full-time. Or working a full-time job, part-timing school, with an extra side-job.

It’s hard not to play the comparison game.

I’m working 20 hours a week most weeks and probably spend 10 hours on school each week.

That still leaves me with a lot of free time. But somehow those times slip away from me, and I can’t explain how or why that is.

I felt like it wasn’t until now that I really got a break from everything. And then everything starts up again in January.

Granted, I like having things to do. But I think it’s so, so important to take breaks and rest every now and then, too.

The longest vacation I’ve taken recently was a drive to Charlotte for the Renaissance fair…