Love Letters and Lace

I used to be the kind of person who refused to have a job during school semesters. I explained it by saying I wanted to be completely focused on school and not have any other distractions keeping me from getting the highest grades possible. I would work during my summers, but as soon as the fall semester rolled around, I'd remain unemployed so I could put all my time into my studies. However, as you get older, life happens and your parents can't support you 100% forever. So having a job became necessary for me. Maybe I've just been spoiled and everyone reading this right now is like well duhhhh. But for all you lazy girls like me who don't want to work during the semester, have a quick read. I now realize that not only is having a job while you're in school totally possible, it's actually beneficial. And here's why. I'm not suggesting you work 30+ hours while also going to College full time. While I do know some people who can somehow manage this, I

It's normal for a job to cause you some amount of stress. We all experience it. Even the most basic of jobs come with some stress. But what about when that stress becomes too much? This is something I wanted to write about because I recently had this dilemma. I had a job for the past 6 months that was intensely stressful. The pay was great, something that most people my age were not making at their part time jobs, but as time went on, I began to realize that maybe this wasn't for me. I was constantly stressed and the shifts were long. I wont go into too much detail, however as an anxious person, this really began to have an effect on me psychologically. I dreaded having to go into work. I would spend the hours before going to work in a state of panic. And as much as I needed to have a job right now, this is the point when I asked myself, is this really worth it? And for me, it wasn't. So finally, I quit. I'm extremely lucky to have been able to find another job qu