Day 241: 11/27/2018
Moderate stress is good. But excessive stress is unhealthy.
I woke up this morning feeling tired because last night I woke up in the middle of the nights sweating many times. I guess my stress level is unconsciously high because there will be so many events happening in just a short period of time and I do no have much time for preparation.
Being aware of the fact that I have been under quite a great deal of pressure and worrying thoughts, I have tried to spend my time to work on the tasks including reading my EdM project, brainstorming ideas for slide presentation, proofreading and editing my proposal, and working on the participation recruitment preparation. This period has been truly hectic because not only I have academic issues to work on but also I have to prepare for moving this coming Friday. Basically, I am trying to juggling several things at the same time. Thankfully, my two friends Sermin and Souheyla who I had a chat with today were super kind, helpful and supportive. They really helped me think through and visualize my future better. I am grateful to have them as my PhD friends at York.
I am glad that at this point things are still fine and mostly manageable. Being busy has made me more conscious about my own time management. Like today, when the workshop did not start until 15 minutes late, I decided to leave the room, went to the library, email RETT about the situation and to inform them that I was there, and moved on to work on my EdM project and the FLLT presentation right away. I love the feeling of being productive.
One update I have not mentioned recently is that the relationship with my phone has been impressively improved and much healthier. Though I still pick up my phone at times throughout the day, the actual total amount of pick-up times and the accumulated duration of my phone usage have dramatically decreased. I believe I can call it a success of controlling the phone usage. I am happy about this change!
11/28/2018 12.09 pm.
