Busybee
To say I've been busy is an understatement. Swamped. Overworked. Going at it full tilt for goodness knows how long. The problem with being new is that you're under everyone. People ask you do stuff and you do it, partly for the experience and partly because you can't refuse. I'm learning a lot, which I'm thankful for, but I'm also exhausted. The new term is starting up soon. I spent my very short break grading in excess of two hundred exam papers. Yes, that's right - more than two hundred. Thank God it was only one section of the test, but still, that was over two hundred separate papers I looked at. It was enough to make me cry. Mostly because it seems that when you teach, what you say goes straight in one ear, out the other, if it even does that. Sigh. My life is a whirlwind of work, work, work. It's what I want though. To be honest, I've been culling things out of my life. Annoying people, useless activities, stuff like that. I've started to take the adage, "Don't sweat the small stuff - and it's all small stuff" to heart. I used to worry about what other people might think of me if they felt I was less than helpful. Well, you know, I live realistically now, and the reality of it is - it doesn't matter how helpful you are those hundred times. The one hundredth and one time you really, truly can't pitch in, that's what they'll remember. And everything you've ever done for them will be canceled out. Therefore, why should I care? Exactly.
Final thought: Don't sweat the small stuff, because really, it's all small stuff.