Love, Carly Nicole

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Last week, I was feeling so overwhelmed.

I was trapped in this terrible funk of stress and could not surface from it.

It was just one thing after another that caused this feeling of being overwhelmed.

I mean, it's normal to feel overwhelmed throughout your life, right?

There's nothing special about harboring these feelings,

Especially when you've got about one million things to get done.

For me, a lot of it comes from school.

Papers, presentations, exams, etc.

It's a lot to take in.

The normal life of a college student, ya feel me?!

But, being a married college student comes with challenges.

It's all about managing your relationship with your college career.

With all these things coming at you all at once, it's really hard to prioritize.

Anyway, as I was saying...

It's really hard to manage all of the things Chris and I have to, in order to keep our lives afloat.

Now, throw college ~~crap~~ in to the mix

And you've got yourself a potentially catastrophic event brewing.

I talked to Chris about it.

His usual advice:

Just get it done. I know you can do it.

Well, only if it were that easy...

So, the other day, while walking to class,

I passed the stinkiest tree on campus,

which happens to be the prettiest one as well.

Go figure.

Anyway, I stopped to snap a quick picture.

And I ended up standing under it

And allowed the sun to touch my cheek for a good minute.

This.

This is what I needed to make me see how unhappy I was with life at the moment.

So I needed to make a change.

Right then and there.

I needed to get myself out of the pit that I buried myself in.

I took control of my life.

That's right.

I took control.

I stopped thinking about the daunting tasks that needed to be done,

And just got them done.

Imagine that.

Instant satisfaction and the feelings of being overwhelmed were gone.

All thanks to a tree.

Love, Carly Nicole