My biggest flaw is my inability to say no. Were someone to come up to me right now and say they needed me for something, I would most likely agree to help immediately. I look at everything as a potential opportunity for something great to happen.

This has never been an issue for me in the past. I’ve never struggled with balancing activities and school, because I have never been involved in enough to weigh me down. This year, however, is different. I am up to my ears in homework, and my schedule is so packed full of obligations that I’m shocked I find time for dinner. As crazy busy as I am, I still struggle to turn people down, purely because I just don’t have the heart to tell them no.

My schedule got the best of me last week, when I absent-mindedly double booked myself. I became so flustered with my homework and the frustration of trying to balance both commitments that I wound up canceling them both and taking a day for myself. I sat outside and read a book, watched Netflix all afternoon, and took a long overdue nap. The next day I felt recharged and ready to take on whatever came my way.

I realized that while it is so good to be active and involved, I need to take time to give myself a break. I’m not Wonder Woman. I can’t do it all, all the time. When I feel myself starting to become overwhelmed, I need to take a step back and enjoy some “me time.”  Myself, and my mental sanity, must take priority.