The Box is Full

In my addictions counseling skills class, my prof had us do an activity that he has used in the past with his clients. This would be something you could assign as 'homework' for any client, but he worked with people who were recovering from a substance addiction.
You take a CD case with that little insert in the front and you draw an album cover and name the album. Then you make a list of songs that describe your life. If you wanna go the extra mile, you can put those songs on a blank disc in the case. 

Our prof had us do this experiment and I had a blast. That class is not always super fun but to be fair, two times a month I have a play therapy seminar after that class in which we make super hero capes out of plastic table cloths and make up a superhero name or cut yarn for little stress balls made from balloons filled with sand. So yeah, tough to compete. I really enjoyed that exercise. 

I titled my album "The Box is Full" and I drew a bin with a face on it with chaos coming out and stuff going in. At any one time, there's a lot going on. As soon as assignments are finished, more are assigned. As soon as I check something off, more things get added to my to do list. It some ways it's fun, like "hey how much can I be ahead of the game and get stuff done" and in some ways it's terrifying, world ending, "oh my gosh there's too many things and it's never ending and woah" and in some ways it's like "aww man, can't I just watch a movie and eat candy and not work so hard?" I try to choose that first way of thinking about it. 

This semester is weird because Thanksgiving is late or other stuff is early? I don't know. But what I do know is that Thanksgiving break starts in like 21 days and when we come back from that, there are only 8 days left and 3 of those are finals. WHAT in the world that's nuts. There really is a lot to get done, and sometimes I do want to sit around and do nothing. To prevent that, I have reminders on my phone, digital stickie notes with my whole day planned out including times that things occur and asterisked items that are 'must do' agenda items, and a crazy list of things to do in a composition notebook that I adopted as a planner. 

I know it will all get done. What I fear is how many hours it will all take versus how much time do I have to give to each assignment and how much time am I willing to give it and how much time will I give it. Those sound the same but they are very different things. Also, things like reading my Bible, sleeping, eating, showering, talking to family, talking to friends, talking to Andrew, and like, taking care of me and doing nice stuff for me (once a week hot breakfast is on the docket because yum, and a Blackhawks game if I can catch it) all has to fit in there somewhere. 

I thank God for bringing me to college, gifting me with the smarts, and keeping the sickness away from me right now because handling all that business plus a runny nose is not fun.  It is a LOT, but I'm so grateful because He is good and He cares for me and watches out for me. Our God is an awesome God!