Finding a (knit)che

I have yet to complete a full semester in college, and my college experience is definitely vastly different from the 'norm', but I've learned a little bit about juggling responsibilities. There were days at the beginning of my semester where I would go straight to work from class and straight to my community theater after work where I would stay until 10pm.

My schedule change mixed with downsizing, moving, and normal life things caused a bit of a stress shock on my psyche.

don't get me wrong, I could handle it. It's not impossible to have a full schedule. But it was different. Change of any kind is hard on a person's mind and body regardless of how tough you'd like to say you are.

My way of coping with change and adapting is by creativity. Whether you're good at something or not, creating is satisfying. There's a unique happiness that comes about when something new exists in the world because of something you did.

Write. Scrapbook. Knit. Crochet. Create. Run.

Doing something you love everyday is the secret to enjoying life through stressful times.

Doing nothing but stress out about deadlines and workloads is the secret to making yourself miserable.

This is how I dealt with my first semester.