Relax! Take a Breather.

[Sparkle_Cherry]

Highschool can be hectic, we all know that. Especially if you really care about your resume and portfolio, because of those extra-curricular activities. How much do you want to bet that over half of us don't get a proper night's sleep, and don't eat balanced diets? It's just not healthy.

It's a lot of stress to put on a bunch of kids: homework, part-time jobs, sports, volunteering, life at home, chores, extra-curricular activities... it seems that the list is ENDLESS.

So take some time to organize yourself, type the stuff that you do, that keeps you busy, and leaves you feeling tense by the end of the week. Then look at what you've written and take a deep breath. It doesn't look like so much when you have it all organized into chunks, trust me.

~Caitlin

 

[BabyPiglet]

Highschool is hectic. I am so glad I'm out of it, I probably couldn't handle it right now.

The people there act like school is the only thing is student's lifes. It's not, and it shouldn't be.

There are so many other things in the world to worry about.

 

[Loves Disney]

I get up at 5 in the morning
Eat breakfast.
Drive my sister and my neighbor to school.
Go to school.
Have a blast in my classes (senior year, all my classes this semester are electives)
Stay after for committees or meetings or practices
come home.
Do whatever homework I have that night (which usually isn't much or nothing).
Do something.
Eat dinner.
Go to bed around 12 am. lol.


I have a healthy eating habit and I have challenging but very interesting classes that I love. I am not assigned loads of homework this semester (compared to my past years) and I have a ton of time to go outside, run, walk, do whatever to keep myself active. I am involved in clubs that I enjoy and actually look forward to attending. I have graduation to look forward to, Disney to look forward to, and college to look forward to. As well as a trip I am going on with my friends after graduation. Man, I love my senior year lol.


This is a result of me time managing and eating healthier. If I could not time manage things properly, I would be really stressfull right now lol. If I was not eating healthier, I would be extremely stressed at myself lol. I would be ten times more self-conscious than I am now. I choose to be as stress-free as possible as it is a great feeling lol. And I know stress -- heck, I lived through my junior year!

The only thing I could improve on is my sleeping habit rofl. I get tired very often because I get, on average, 4-5 hours of sleep a night. lol.

 

[Babyjustrun]

I'm seeing this weekend as an empty weekend as I've only got one friend who is ever willing to hang out with me. So I'll probably type up some english if I brought it home.

 

[pigletgirl]

Have a blast in my classes (senior year, all my classes this semester are electives)

I wish I was having a blast. AP classes definitely do not give you that freedom.

I won't be able to relax until May 17, which is the last day for seniors.

 

[DramaQueen]

Totally agreed with the OP.

I have my plate full right now with school work, drama performances, a busy work schedule, university applications and auditions, family, boyfriend & friends.

I've had a majorly stressful week, and I've totally not been sleeping/eating right. But now that it's all over I can take this weekend (well, Sunday at least, gotta work saturday) to just relax and let it all sink in.
This busy week is OVER!

Sometimes when I'm feeling really overwhelmed, I just take a minute and put everything into perspective...
If I don't do well on this essay will it REALLY affect my future that much?
When I'm 30 and living life will I remember this?
Will it matter then?

I try to think like that sometimes, that's not to say that I don't care about my schoolwork, I do, but sometimes I just need to take a breather and put everything into perspective.

I love life, and living it to the fullest and I HATE being bogged down with stress and work. So I'll take a second to think about everything and then I'll calm down, get myself organized, finish what I need to finish and then just chill.

Don't get to frazzled guys, it's totally not worth it!

 

[BabyPiglet]

I'm so stressed right now. I feel like breaking down. Then when I get my books, it will be ten-times this. I have to finish high school by next year, but I have four years of material to get through.

I have no fun in my life.

 

[Sparx]

I'm so stressed right now. I feel like breaking down. Then when I get my books, it will be ten-times this. I have to finish high school by next year, but I have four years of material to get through.

I have no fun in my life.

You don't have to do anything.

chill out. you have said many, many, many times over that there are more important things than school. You don't have to go so quickly.

I have an IQ well above most.
I work, read, comprehend more, and quicker than the average student.

but am I rushing through the 'best years of my life' no. no i'm not.

so why do you have to?

 

[Babyjustrun]

I'm not stressed right now actually.
I have a few project here and there... but nothing big. I'm not concerned about math, I'm just kind of out there. I'm going through a lazy point in life, and this is pretty much my last year to slack off. I spent way too many years (grade 4 -7) worrying about my marks... and now it's just like WHO CARES?! It's grade EIGHT. It's not important right now.

 

[tinkerbell12]

I get up at 5:51 a.m.
I get dressed
I fix my hair
I tidy my bed (rarely, but sometimes)
I go down and eat breakfast. Whether I'm hungry or not, I eat something. It's my rule. (thanks to Jaimie ) If I'm absolutely not hungry I'll have a glass of chocolate milk.
I get on the bus.
I go to dum skewl where I leran to be sooopur smart
I come home.
I do hw while DISing
I eat dinner.

I used to have horrid eating habits. I used to be jam-packed with hw and not do it. I used to copy off of someone else {I've not gotten caught, and my concince {sp?} was on spring break}. I've changed within the last month or so. Jaimie helped me, my mom helped me, my teacher, even, helped me. I love it now. I eat healthy. I do my hw within the first two, two and a half hours of my returning home. It's a good feeling knowing it's done. It's a good feeling being not hungry. I swear. I will NEVER go back to that way again.

 

[Loves Disney]

I wish I was having a blast. AP classes definitely do not give you that freedom.

I won't be able to relax until May 17, which is the last day for seniors.

I have a heavy schedule, but I enjoy the classes since I chose them lol. No doubt I am given a lot of work and no way in heck am I "free-sailing" this semester lol. I just really really love the material I am working with. Heck, I am in a Shakespeare class that is pretty intense but I SO look forward to going to it. My 20th Century teacher LOADS us with work, but he is SO enthusiastic about it and such a blast! It makes the class so much fun to have a teacher who adores it so much. It's just fun.

You don't have to do anything.

chill out. you have said many, many, many times over that there are more important things than school. You don't have to go so quickly.

I have an IQ well above most.
I work, read, comprehend more, and quicker than the average student.

but am I rushing through the 'best years of my life' no. no i'm not.

so why do you have to?

I have always heard the college years were the best years of life lol. I am hoping, anyhow, that they are. lol.

 

[tinkerbell12]

I have always heard the college years were the best years of life lol. I am hoping, anyhow, that they are. lol.

That's what my mommy says

 

[BabyPiglet]

You don't have to do anything.

chill out. you have said many, many, many times over that there are more important things than school. You don't have to go so quickly.

I have an IQ well above most.
I work, read, comprehend more, and quicker than the average student.

but am I rushing through the 'best years of my life' no. no i'm not.

so why do you have to?

I guess I don't. I just really want to get on with my life, and to me high school is holding me down. For some reason, I feel that being a child is useless, and I am not getting anything done.

I know that's not true and I should stop pushing myself so hard.

 

[Sparx]

I guess I don't. I just really want to get on with my life, and to me high school is holding me down. For some reason, I feel that being a child is useless, and I am not getting anything done.

I know that's not true and I should stop pushing myself so hard.

There are plenty of horribly successful people out there who didn't rush through highschool. hell, some didn't finish highschool.

enjoy the lack of bills.
enjoy the lack of responsibility.
its only lasting for a few more years. milk it while you can.

 

[BabyPiglet]

There are plenty of horribly successful people out there who didn't rush through highschool. hell, some didn't finish highschool.

enjoy the lack of bills.
enjoy the lack of responsibility.
its only lasting for a few more years. milk it while you can.

I should.

 

[Sparx]

I should.

so do it.

 

[BabyPiglet]

so do it.

It's not that easy. It just isn't.

 

[Sparx]

It's not that easy. It just isn't.

it really just is.

what makes you think that its not easy...to you know...do what you're supposed to do and finish highschool in four years instead of one?

 

[BabyPiglet]

it really just is.

what makes you think that its not easy...to you know...do what you're supposed to do and finish highschool in four years instead of one?

But I will still feel that I am not doing things fast enough. I can't explain it.

 

[Sparx]

But I will still feel that I am not doing things fast enough. I can't explain it.

well, you can either chill out and stop rushing yourself, or stop complaining about it and kill yourself with stress.

I'm sorry, I really don't have any sympathy for you killing yourself with stressing over something that you could very easily fix, just because you feel like things aren't happening quickly enough for you.

I don't know a better way to say it.