Hi [Director of Publications],
It's not an exaggeration to say I stomped into my apartment building this evening. Stressful week at work has tapped into my insecurities and stuff this afternoon had pushed me over the edge. I unlocked my mailbox and there's a magazine in plastic. All of my other subscriptions have arrived in the past week, so I start grumbling to myself about [college alumni magazine] being wrapped in plastic. And why would my college be so environmentally unfriendly. And that's about as far as I got, before actually getting it out of the box and seeing that it's wrapped with the 2011 calendar.
Audible gasp. Yay! Thank you for bringing the calendar back!
I haven't even looked at it yet. But it's already made my evening better.
Thank you!
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Nothing to do with the midterm elections. I'm not even sure it's stress about my Presentation. Everything to do with the stress of school. Playing on my insecurities. Apparently I'm not doing well at expressing myself clearly this term.
Somehow it's reassuring to know I'm not the only one overwhelmed right now.
Also, helpful to have a cohort who knows me well enough to call me while I'm in class and leave a voicemail telling me that I'm awesome. (Thanks!)
3 comments:
I got my calendar yesterday too!
I was having a meltdown at the beginning of the week, but it's a bit better now. Students have a much easier homework assignment this week and are correspondingly showing up in my office with longer range concerns/ more interesting questions/ less stress and it rubs off.
Plus I haven't had any grading in the past couple days. Meaning I have it all this weekend. We'll see how that goes.
You *are* awesome, of course.
You ARE awesome. Remind me to tell you about my own insecurities last week. We all feel them from time to time. Grad school has a funny way of making smart people feel dumb.
Thanks both of you. Group hug?
A) Hope the student's continue to be low stress. Or at least that there's not another midterm to give them reason to procrastinate on homework as much again.
B) Not sure when I'll remind you of this, but appreciate the reminder that feeling this way isn't unusual.
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