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Self Care this month

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It’s not always easy to remember to balance your school responsibilities with your personal life, your social life and your dreams of the future. A lot of people even get so overwhelmed at the thought of all the stuff they have to do, that they just decide to ignore it for a while. Obviously, when everything comes crashing down like a house of cards, they regret this strategy. So, how can you be intentional about finding a balance that makes enough time for everything? One way is to be deliberate about planning in some time for self-care. When you think about what you need to do today, include something that is there just to make you happy, and then actually do it. Self-care is as important to your personal success and mental health as an extra 15 minutes of Spanish vocab flashcards are to your quiz this week.

In the spirit of self-care this month, I’m sharing a little Self-Care Bingo card with you. Can you make 4 in a row over the course of one week?

Class of 2023 Acceptances

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Word has reached me that some of my students might get their first college acceptances today. A few others have already gotten what we used to call “the thin envelope” (back when colleges actually mailed their replies) but are now often sometimes called “re-direction” letters, i.e. advice to head in a different direction, like a different college. Today, though, we’re pretty confident that we will hear back with at least one big YES! The most popular Early Decision reply day is December 15, though, and, like last year, I will try to stay up late to hear the news live as my students hear back. 

Where will you be when you open your first replies? Will your family be recording you to post the clip on your IG? Would you be brave enough to stream live? Will you save the email for a private moment so that you can find out the news without anyone watching? 

I’m not sure I could deal with either a cherished acceptance or a hard denial in public. Both of those can cause a pretty strong wave of emotion that I’m not sure I’d ever want that to be recorded for posterity! Even if I open it in private though, I’d want to make sure I could run out and share any possible good news ASAP with someone who will be just as happy for me, so I can totally see opening up that certain email just before meeting up for a study date with a BFF or something.

Of course, if your luck is anything like mine, you’ll see what you think is that magic email from your ED school, save it to open at just the right time, and then find out it was only a bit of marketing spam and you have another few days of anticipation waiting to hear back from them. Of course.