Fall 2013

School started and I'm not sure how much I look forward to this coming semester. I feel like there is just TOO much going on. Of course, I'm grateful to be in the place where I am right now. God literally blessed me with every single thing I had asked for. Now I just need to learn how to balance all of it without getting burnt out. My schedule starts at 9AM everyday and ends either 7, 8, or 9PM. Sometimes I wonder what I've done to myself. I'm going to have to be dealing with this for two years. At the same time, I'm grateful to have such opportunities. One thing I know for sure is that I'm going to have to make a lot of sacrifices. I also want to have enough time for myself to have some rest.

The past month has been difficult. It was my first time experience registration season at the job and wow, we really don't get a chance to breathe because everyone just happens to be last minute. Registration week affected me physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually. Everything. I felt like I couldn't catch my breath and by the end of the day, I was just so exhausted which caused me to feel unproductive in every aspect of my life. I thank God for such a great husband to make my life easier in so many ways. Without him, I'd probably collapse. I'm not sure if it's normal for a job to overwork people in this way, but it's definitely a learning experiencing. I've learned my mistakes from this year and am going to figure out a way to become more efficient by next year.

Tomorrow's my first day of actually sitting in the counselor position. All this time, I've been learning all this book knowledge about counseling, and now I actually get to put it into practice. There's so many emotions going on because it's my first time. I have a bunch of clients lined up already, more than I had expected for the first couple of weeks of school. And God willing, if this goes well, I won't need many more clients to fill up my time slots.

This is not going to be an easy semester. God, please help me as I strive to be faithful and excellent in all the things you are calling me to do. I already feel the stress, I already feel the burden, but may I find peace in you as I do all of this.