What a day is all I can say! I got rid of the junk food I had in my home last night which felt great :) Today was overall a great beginning to this challenge; I am a bit exhausted right now. My job is grueling. In the past two months, I have received a new load of students (about 175) plus my orginal 150 students, I have a new manager, location/desk, new co-workers, my emails and voicemails feel never ending and at 6:50 PM, I was still at the office and I finally cried, while listening to my students voicemails (all 27 of them). I was on the phone for 4 hours at least today. I also personally moved and had other changes in my life. Talk about all the stress factors increasing in my life.
Not all is bad; I also have increased my retention of students from a 57 percent to a 67 percent rate! This is incredible and is resulting in lots of kudos at work! I just feel really pressured to be the best counselor (my own internal pressure), while handling such a large load. Building those relationships and helping them achieve success is all I want to do and I feel completely torn about how to handle so many students at once who are vying for my attention and some are sorely impatient while others are purely wonderful for 8 hours straight a day. By Friday, I can hardly get out of bed I am so exhausted and normally want to do nothing on Fridays.
Not all is bad; I also have increased my retention of students from a 57 percent to a 67 percent rate! This is incredible and is resulting in lots of kudos at work! I just feel really pressured to be the best counselor (my own internal pressure), while handling such a large load. Building those relationships and helping them achieve success is all I want to do and I feel completely torn about how to handle so many students at once who are vying for my attention and some are sorely impatient while others are purely wonderful for 8 hours straight a day. By Friday, I can hardly get out of bed I am so exhausted and normally want to do nothing on Fridays.
I hate having to deal with all the extra things that are being thrown at me right now and that take me away from my students. Give me a few weeks if not a month and it will all settle down (crossing my fingers that I am not just lying to myself). All of this is to say, I think I rely on my mid-afternoon chocolate boost to get me through the toughest part of my day! And not having that today, I am proud of myself for not crying earlier than 6:50 pm (I am laughing as I write this)!
I wrote down everything I ate today and looking at the fruits and veggies intake: 5 servings of fruit and one serving of vegetables is highly unbalanced, I will work on that tomorrow!
I wrote down everything I ate today and looking at the fruits and veggies intake: 5 servings of fruit and one serving of vegetables is highly unbalanced, I will work on that tomorrow!
I went to the chiropractor office today for my adjustment and I set an appointment with the nutrition specialist to go over a free consultation next week. You fill out this comprehensive assessment and then he can determine how to best help you with dietary supplements.
Well, I have to go to bed soon and I need to clean and stretch. I will end with an encouraging scripture from D&C, 90:24
Search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and all things shall work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly and remember the covenant wherewith ye have covenanted one with another.
I love that it says as we search diligently, pray and believe that everything will come together for our good (not necessarily what we always think is for our best good, but is good and it might take time to see that!).
1. Any tips on vegetables that are yummy, fast to cook or can be packed without cooking (besides carrots and celery)?
Well, I have to go to bed soon and I need to clean and stretch. I will end with an encouraging scripture from D&C, 90:24
Search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and all things shall work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly and remember the covenant wherewith ye have covenanted one with another.
I love that it says as we search diligently, pray and believe that everything will come together for our good (not necessarily what we always think is for our best good, but is good and it might take time to see that!).
1. Any tips on vegetables that are yummy, fast to cook or can be packed without cooking (besides carrots and celery)?
2. Also what office stress relievers does anyone have besides crying at the end of the day?
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2 comments:
In answer to your first question, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE sweet potatoes but they aren't very quick to cook. I like cucumbers as well. You can put them in sandwiches or dip them in fat free ranch. Oh, and edamame is something I make all the time. Just a few minutes in boiling water and you're set.
And yoga is my ultimate stress relief! I feel like my week is complete unless I go.
Wow Em, your job sounds mentally draining. It's a good thing your making all these physical changes because that's going to help over all. Wish I had some advice. I guess just give your self little rewards and have a big one every so often. Maybe?
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