Take a Break
The words of the Hamilton song, "Take a Break", are forever running through my head the moment I get home from school. The week before Thanksgiving break, we were back to 100% remote, which is what we had been for the first 10 weeks of school. I felt like I had everything under control and that I could handle what this year was throwing at me. My body, on the other hand, had a different opinion. I had never felt anxiety like that before in my life. For a solid week, I constantly had a pit in my stomach that I couldn't seem to get rid of no matter how much I worked ahead. I couldn't sleep...maximum 5 hours a night. For those that know me, I cannot function on less than 7 hours of sleep. On about night 4 of little to no sleep, I made the decision to take my work email off of my phone and to delete the app altogether as of 3 p.m. Friday, the last day of school before break. Following Meredith White's (@PRHSspanish) advice, I created a "To Don't" l