Where's the low stress lifestyle?
It's official, I'm queen of stress and that has to change...like today Claudi is supposed to come over to practise her English and it was supposed to be this afternoon but when she called I still hadn't had lunch and I wanted to finish reading for my Kleist course this afternoon...now I should call her when I get home from class but then it's dinner time and if she comes over that means I may have to feed her...bah....no time feels convenient and I feel so bad that I feel so stingy and that it would cause me extra angst to have someone over. I just want to go back to bed and not have to address my homework and stuff--but that's totally a bad attitude to have. I'm totally losing my joy in sharing with other people and being generous...I just am turning into a really self-focussed person and that's concerning--but then it could be because I just have some issues that I need to work out before I can be sociable and a "people" person again...it's hard to love other people when you can't love yourself, or whatever the saying is. Meh. So pretty much I'm on the search for the low stress lifestyle...and I need to find a way to not worry so much about everything and just trust God that He's got everything under control, even when it feels like everything is falling apart--or better put, when I'm falling apart lol. Okay, so I'm weird but that's who I am...an interesting patient for psychologist that's for sure ;-p Time to get back to work now that that bit of negative thinking is out of my head...yay for babbling. Schoenen Tag wuensche ich euch und liebe gruesse aus Deutschland :-)
posted by Anne @ 5:07 AM
4 Comments:
At 9:19 AM,
Bean said…
I think the low stress lifestyle does not magically appear. I think a concious decision and effort has to be made to *not* becomed stressed out, because it will turn out alright in the end run, you know? And well, if it does not, then you'll probably end up coming out having learned some lesson that is important to learn. (Trust me, this is not random advice from an observer, I can pretend to be a princess of stress at some points in my life... You just have to tell yourself that it will be okay and that it is still possible to have fun. For generally laughter and exercise can help you feel better about the stressor - 30 minutes of any kind of exercise is the best for relieving stress, did you know this?)
Maybe a couple of ways to reduce this stress is to take an afternoon off *every* week to have fun - go for Kafe und Kuchen, running, dancing, out to a movie, have a dinner with your friends, randomly ride the S-bahn around - just for the soul purpose of having fun.(and no worrying allowed during this time!!) I think you may find that you will have a better time in Germany if you set off even a small portion of time just to enjoy yourself. Or else you'll tire yourself out completely and you won't get anything done. At all!
Good luck!! I love you lots Anne!!! -Bean
At 3:13 PM,
Franzie said…
Hi Anne,
I've been following your blog for a little while now (I actually left a comment on an older post of yours, but you might not have found it if you don't have some sort of email system going for your comments, maybe you could comment on that though if you've got a minute, nothing to add more stress though!!!)
But this stressful lifestyle is something I can totally understand. I think studying overseas, when the language doesn't just flow easily, is a huge thing to be doing and extremely exhausting. Also leaving your own culture behing, your friends, your family well everything you've known so far is very unsettling and it can easily push you way out your comfortzone (I was an absolute nightmare, when I first moved to Australia, and I didn't like myself for it but had to accept that it's a normal thing to be going through, but God also provided close friends who understood and I adapted pretty well within time).
Gotta agree with your sister, that exercise is a great stress reliever just a little bit of walking or an easy run in the morning might do the 'trick'.
Hope you feel better soon!!
At 1:49 AM,
Anne said…
Okay, it's totally weird to think how many people actually read my blog --ahhh!! What starts as a small thing for just a few people turns very public very fast. But what can I expect from the internet?
In regards to the Kinderliteratur question Franzie, I am taking a Kinderliteratur course through my professor who is running our exchange program and I just used a related topic "literarische und bildnerische sozialisation im Kindergartenalter" for another referat. I have been writing a paper for this class and I believe you will find some info on good quality German authors at goethe-institut. I don't know how to put a link into a comment but I will put the url here:
http://www.goethe.de/kug/prj/kij/deindex.htm
Hope that helps you in your search. Schoenen Tag wuensche ich euch alle :-)
At 7:35 PM,
Franzie said…
thanks Anne, checked out the link and it was very helpful. so Thank you!
I do hope you work out a healthy stress level. Looks like lots of people have the same problem and someone has even come up with a way out of the illness ("Adultitis"). Check out the "Adultitis Escape plan" http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?page_id=3ng A friend of mine has been doing it to be silly but I think he really has been having a great time (and reducing his stress levels on the way :)
Fran
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