What Happened To Stress?

My life is so strange...

When I think back to the year right after high school when I decided to work instead of go straight into university, I remember telling anyone that asked me that I wished I would have chosen the latter road. I told people that I missed feeling stressed.

Honestly, who would ever long to feel stress? Oh, I WOULD!

I felt as though my brain was on hold: not learning anything, not absorbing new information. I was stuck in a rut, doing the 'same old' every day. I hated it. I can honestly say that I so strongly disliked washing cars, filing invoices, and cleaning bathrooms that I actually hated it. I dreaded waking up every morning. I dreaded not stressing about papers and assignments and studying for tests.

Well, guess what?
I'm in university now. I love it.
And... wait for it...
It's NOT THAT STRESSFUL!

Yeah, sure, I get minor panic attacks over having five assignments and two papers due all within five days of each other, but I'm beginning to learn the delicate art of non-procrastination, which just happens to be my ideal learning style.
I don't work better under pressure, like so many of my friends claim to. (Side note: This is the reason that I don't test well; it's a pressured situation.)

So, although I so missed stressing about school work during my year off, ironically, I'm not as stressed about things as I thought (and hoped?) I would be. Could this be a sign of maturity...?


Naahhhh! ;)