I have been feeling stressed out. I feel like everything is pushing down on me and I can't close my eyes because if I do I might miss something. My homework turns into a mountain on my desk and it's burning a hole. I'm tired. I'm overworked. Every time I close my eyes I try to take a quick nap because if I sleep for too long I'm going to miss something. Everything keeps being thrown at me. I can't seem to breathe. The world's weight is on my shoulders.

Why?

Why am I feeling like this?

Work, school, and internships are all consuming me. I am trying my best to do the best. I am trying to succeed, but how can I if I feel like I am going through every day like a zombie. I feel lifeless. I feel like my soul is slowly dying inside me.

I will probably be a super cool zombie, but I'll be dead. Can you be cool if you're dead? Will I be cool as a zombie? How is one cool as a zombie? I can't eat human flesh because ew.

I want to live my life to the fullest, exploring every culture, finding new things and learning new ideas. I want to be successful...and also I want a Tesla, eventually. I want a bright future. I want to look at my future and be happy to see where I might be heading. I want a family of my own. I want to make my own memories and experience the world. I want to experience the culture that surrounds our world and indulge in fascinating treks.

I can't right now. I want to but I can't. I have to struggle, I have to lose sleep. I have to do work because what I am going through now will only make me better. I can't see it now but my future might turn out to be ok. I have to get through the now and learn. It's hard but it's cool. The struggle will be worth it. It always is. We struggle day to day. We struggle with small things. We struggle with big things. Struggling teaches us that we do have power inside us. That we are able to overcome our difficulties; that we are able to be strong and release the warrior inside.

I am stressed but I am learning and expanding my knowledge. I am becoming the person I want to be. I am flourishing and forming into the person who my life has been leading me to be. I am becoming me.

I am stressed, but I am me.

I am stressed, but I will be successful.

It has been a difficult road and it's not over yet. There will always be struggles and complications. There will also be trouble but if you work through it and fight to the end. You will be successful. You will become who you always wanted to be. You will become you.