Summer is supposed to be the time where you have no worries. However, since school ended in May and I came home, I have been nothing but stressed.
Don't get me wrong, I have been more than happy to just be home with everyone I love. And I am especially happy to be making money again since I didn't work at school this year. But, it's tough not being able to make plans in advance because you don't know if you'll be working or busy doing something else.
The most irritating stress factor I have encountered this summer is my phone. I have actually contemplated throwing it out my car window at times because it is CONSTANTLY going off with another text. Most of the texts are questions I need to answer or things I need to do.
I need a vacation without my phone—or maybe just a vacation from texting, emails, and phone calls.
There is no way I would have ever predicted myself saying that because my phone is usually glued to my hand, as much as I hate to admit it. But a world where I don't dread looking at the notification buzzing on my phone is a world I need to be in because this is starting to kill me.
Students in high school and college don't always believe it is possible to be stressed in the summer, or believe that it's right. However, some of my stress is necessary. In order to pay for things in my life, I need to work for it. To drive my car for random adventures, I need to pay for gas somehow. So, some of my stress from work is a good stress.
Plus, when my job gets busy, I love watching time fly as I help the customers in line or make sure the store is running the way it is supposed to.
I have always loved my job, and I still do. I actually need to start working more in order to save up some money. But, working just makes me want to jump into the past when I didn't have to work and going on random summer adventures was a thing—even taking a random nap.
There are days where I have apologized to my cat because I haven't cuddled her as often as she usually likes. Or I get upset leaving the house and having to say goodbye to her because I go to school so far away for a majority of the year.
Despite being stressed, I have had some days of fun so far this summer. I am so thankful for my friends and family for always being there to remind me what summer is really about for someone in school.
Summer stress is a real thing and some days it gets to be too much for me. However, I wouldn't trade my job, or my opportunity to be York with my family and friends every day, for anything.
