I've been feeling very overwhelmed these past few weeks leading up to and including my first few classes after having been out of a classroom setting for almost 10 years since graduating high school. I'm going to a community College full time and working full time, on top of all the stress factors in my life. I feel like I am spreading myself too thin because I don't want to give up other aspects of my life just yet. 

I've been dealing with a move, death of a family member, loss of a close friend (separate person), having to give up a close pet cat, a job I don't like or feel appreciated at, and now everything associated with going back to school.

I really want this for myself, I can see what a degree can do for me and I want to find more fulfilling work in my life and feel like I'm actually helping people. I have a serious girlfriend who cares about me, and a family who want to see me succeed just as much as I do. It's something important to me and I'm determined to fight through whatever comes my way so that I can better myself so that I may help those around me.

It's still early into the semester so I'm confident that I will start to get the hang of things and the anxiety of it all will subsided over time.