Take it easy

Ironically this comes on the heels of my post about all the awesome jobs and things I've been up to. But I will be the first to admit to you that I've probably bitten off way more than I can chew. It's a 1 month sprint to summer so I can make it, but the days are long and free time is a thing of the past. That being said, I did cave today and emailed my unpaid gig to say I wasn't coming in so that I could take a nap (I did keep the whole, I'm going to nap part to myself).

When you are so tired that you just want to cry...well that's no good at all so it was time for a mini personal day. I do feel semi-bad, but the thing to remember (that we all should remember) is that even if you are busy, you need to take care of #1 (aka you!) first and foremost. Take those breaks a little at a time otherwise you are headed down the one way street to breakdownville, and ain't nobody got time for an emotional crumbling these days.

Yes, thank you. via the chive

Interestingly enough, I've heard this is why the public health school here throws us keggers once a month. Based on a legit public health needs assessment they had found that public health masters students work the hardest out of all the grad students; compared to our law and even med school peers, we party the least and are generally more concerned about others than we are ourselves. So in order to get us to loosen up a bit and not have emotional/physical breakdowns from all the stress, they throw us these keggers as a way to get us to be social and blow off some steam with our peers. Blow off steam I will, as Emory is having a school-wide beer and wine fest at the local park tomorrow. Mingling, men (!!!-- I'm sorry but I feel like I essentially go to an all girls school and am dying), and... it'd be cool if I could say martinis or mojitos just to keep with the m thing I had going on but it's just beer and wine. Good enough for me! I'm just going to try and not think about the fact that I have to be up at 8:30 am the next morning....