I'm student teaching this semester. I also have a 10 hr/week campus job and I have a bunch of work to do for my summer camp. The campus job is something I was thrown into so I can maintain my assistantship (i.e., get paid). It's not something in which I am particularly interested, but I am trying.
I can't figure out what I am supposed to eat for lunch. When I was on campus, I would go to the Union and get soup, or egg rolls, or hummus and pita chips. I am trying very very hard to be ok with eating bread so I can make a pita sandwich (either with hummus or cheese) for lunch.
I am taking Dutch I. This is for fun; my favorite professor is teaching it. Dropping it is not an option; it is giving me a link to something fun and that makes my brain work in a different way.
The campus job hasn't really been explained well to me. I have been thrown into the middle of a project. I am working on obtaining clearer directions and expectations, but right now I feel stressed over needing to log hours but I am not sure what to do to fill those hours.
The campus job requires some evenings and that's a very hard time of day for me. I get up super early to work out; I need that time in my day, but it means by evening I am exhausted. I am not sure how to maintain my energy all day. I need some trick for midafternoon. I may try caffeine - green tea or something - because last week most days I ate candy and that's not a healthy way to maintain energy. Maybe another short workout.
I am waiting to hear back from PhD programs and a job at a private school. It's easy when you're sending applications to think "oh, this would be so cool." And when you're waiting to hear, it's scary. The difference between my professors' knowledge and my own? Their PhDs. The separation is 6 years of formal schooling. And they know so much more than I do; their minds work so much faster; that I think those 6 years must be absolutely treacherous. I think about having to take comprehensive exams.
My thesis is defended but I didn't make the edits over Christmas break because I was working on the PhD school applications. The thesis is maybe one good weekend away from being publishable. When I find that weekend and finish it, I think I will feel better.
So many things to juggle. It has me paralyzed with anxiety. I spent the weekend doing a little schoolwork, reading, doing a little schoolwork, reading, because that was the only way I could focus. In small chunks.
Thanks for listening.
maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD
I can't figure out what I am supposed to eat for lunch. When I was on campus, I would go to the Union and get soup, or egg rolls, or hummus and pita chips. I am trying very very hard to be ok with eating bread so I can make a pita sandwich (either with hummus or cheese) for lunch.
I am taking Dutch I. This is for fun; my favorite professor is teaching it. Dropping it is not an option; it is giving me a link to something fun and that makes my brain work in a different way.
The campus job hasn't really been explained well to me. I have been thrown into the middle of a project. I am working on obtaining clearer directions and expectations, but right now I feel stressed over needing to log hours but I am not sure what to do to fill those hours.
The campus job requires some evenings and that's a very hard time of day for me. I get up super early to work out; I need that time in my day, but it means by evening I am exhausted. I am not sure how to maintain my energy all day. I need some trick for midafternoon. I may try caffeine - green tea or something - because last week most days I ate candy and that's not a healthy way to maintain energy. Maybe another short workout.
I am waiting to hear back from PhD programs and a job at a private school. It's easy when you're sending applications to think "oh, this would be so cool." And when you're waiting to hear, it's scary. The difference between my professors' knowledge and my own? Their PhDs. The separation is 6 years of formal schooling. And they know so much more than I do; their minds work so much faster; that I think those 6 years must be absolutely treacherous. I think about having to take comprehensive exams.
My thesis is defended but I didn't make the edits over Christmas break because I was working on the PhD school applications. The thesis is maybe one good weekend away from being publishable. When I find that weekend and finish it, I think I will feel better.
So many things to juggle. It has me paralyzed with anxiety. I spent the weekend doing a little schoolwork, reading, doing a little schoolwork, reading, because that was the only way I could focus. In small chunks.
Thanks for listening.
maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD