Stress

I was sitting in Mass at UD a little earlier and something came to my attention. I shut down a lot when I am faced with situations I don't know how to handle. In the past couple of days, there are three situations I'm having a hard time with and I've just stop living my life because of them.

The first situation has to do with one of my class. I ordered a book online for my Operations Management class about three weeks ago off of Abesbook.com and still have not received the book. Well, the book's pretty essential since I have to work problems out of it to understand the lessons. I didn't and still don't want to pay $140 for a book no matter how important the book is to my grades, especially when I ordered it for $50. The second have to do with some financing. The third is the physical, baptismal papers, and other paperworks that I have to fill out for entering the Franciscan TOR Order.

My response to all of this was to spend my day watching Chinese series or designing something on my computer (one of my hobbies) instead of studying, spending time with friends, listening to theology... pretty much living out my life.

I think the thing that helps me most in times like this is a good friend that will talk to me and encourage me to face the problems and quit slacking off. The catch is that they have to be a certain type of people in my life. I can't classify these people. I suppose that's one of the many things I look forward to entering the seminary. I like the fact that I will be supported by a group of brothers who will hold me accountable to my faith.