Blessed to be Stressed

Mind BLOWN

I recognize that it's 12:23 AM right now and I should be sleeping. Somehow I managed to procrastinate/forget that I have two exams this week (one tomorrow, one Tuesday) in addition to my project and class unit (both Tuesday) and a paper (Thursday) due, too. Oops! I've been studying and working for the last six hours straight and was fitting in a quick quiet time before I went to sleep and God completely restructured how I was looking at my situation.

Before: feeling a little bit stressed out, "woe is me," about all the homework and exams to get done between work and trying to fit in seeing people I made appointments with this week.

After: I was journaling (reflecting on "Help Me Find It" by Sidewalk Prophets) and all of a sudden I was like....God, I am so thankful that I'm here at UNL. Not everyone gets to go to college, not everyone gets the privilege to be stressing out about grades and school. Also, not everyone has a job to stress about going to! Not everyone has as many wonderful friends to visit with throughout their week! And also, I am so glad I didn't get homework done sooner this weekend because I had my little brother and sister and cousin in town, and I'm so thankful I have a family to see and love (even if it means a couple late nights this week!)

Suddenly, I'm thinking - I'm completely blessed to be stressed! I'm sorry if that sounds like a church-y cliche, but I don't know that I've ever looked at my schooling or circumstances like that before and it's completely blowing my mind a little bit (combined with it now being 12:28 and I've had a lot of coffee in the past few hours).

12:30. I'm ready to enjoy the blessing that is sweatpants and my bed, now. Good
night!