As a beginning side note: I really wanted to write this at 1 AM November 6th so due to Daylight Savings, I would get the hour back regardless. I decided passing out at that time would be better worth it.

I'm Amy and I'm a workaholic.

I want to do well in everything I do but I also want to do as much as humanly possible. Due to IQP, I am also learning that the 9 to 5 shift isn't my most favorite thing as I also learn that on the WPI campus I have a ton on my plate as well. This realization then lead to the realization that I am a workaholic.

Let's take a look at my "things to do" for this week: IQP from 9 to 5 everyday with its various doings (contacting professionals, attending meetings, writing agendas, writing our report, etc), editing Odyssey articles (but also making sure they get written), do my weekly call with the amazing Jess from Odyssey, volunteer at a local farm from 1:30 to 4:30, attend group meetings, plan for our AIChE conference on campus, film Kilroy sketches and then on top of all of this, eat and sleep, hopefully.

I've been told that I'm a Superwoman with getting things done while still having a ton on my plate but boy, is it exhausting. I always like keeping my word to any responsibility I have so what ends up happening is that I have barely any time for myself. Or the time for myself ends up feeling like a waste when I could be something much more important.

I'm slowly learning that this time for myself is completely necessary as I would most likely go insane without it. With my new 9 to 5 days, I normally come back afterwards and relax the rest of the night. There's no need to push myself for almost 15 hours a day. I still, of course, complete all on my to do lists, but I've made it so clubs take a second seat and are used as more of a relaxing and fun tool, not ones that should be causing additional stress.

So yes, I may be Superwoman with 20+ things on my plate at any given time but I am learning that being a workaholic does not mean I need to drive myself insane with work all the time.