Assignment 21-Lydia Klumb

I am lucky enough to have not faced many large obstacles in my life. Most of the challenges that I have faced have been small, but have also been persistent. I think that one of the main challenges that I have is dealing with stress. I have a method for how I organize my time, balancing school work, dance, clubs, and social time. Over the three years I have been in high school, I have figured out what works and what doesn't work (for example, don't stay up until three to work on a project unless you want to be unfocused for the entirety of the next day). Stress goes hand in hand with juggling all of these different activities. I have gotten used to the late nights and early mornings and the feeling that I won't get everything done. The stress that goes along with junior year has become familiar, and most of the time I just ignore it and move on, pretending that I have my life together (which of course I don't because I am a 16 year old junior in high school). This isn't the most healthy way to overcome stress, and of course it sometimes builds up and makes for a very crappy night or two, but eventually I get over it and keep pushing through. I sometimes feel like I should change my method, fix my routine, but it has worked for me for the past three years and I feel like changing it now would just throw everything off. So I'll keep staying up late, drinking coffee every morning, and going through my day with a smile on my face. If the worst challenge I've faced is a few anxious days, then I think that I'm doing just fine.