Volleyball, To-Do Lists, and Stress: My Life in a Nutshell

I completely forgot how amazing it felt to hit a volleyball. Playing was always my release while I was growing up. I went to practice once a week and it was the one thing that I managed to be good at and could always get better every week.
Going to college, if you guys didn't know already, is very stressful. At least for me it is. I don't take well to pressure and I don't tend to handle it well. Over the years of high school and yearbooking I have learned many ways to deal with my stress and ohh how I love these wonderful things.
On a daily basis I try my best to elevate stress through my tiny bit obsessive habits. Including: to-do lists, obsessively keeping to my schedule and just taking moments to my self to ya know relax (mostly sleep).
Recently I have been really stressed with school and it has been hard. All I can say is I have made probably about 100 to-do lists in the past week, it's crazy and amazingly reassuring at the same time. Today I played my first game of volleyball since my junior year of high school. And let me tell you it was absolutely amazing. I have now found my new safe place. I can just go hit a few and it's like a whole new world. Ohh how I forgot how it felt to just play a game of ball. It was great getting in that zone again. Now I know not to freak out and just casually make my way to the gym.
So when times get tough keep calm, make some to-do lists and play a little bit of volleyball.
I also just want to add Happy Birthday to my Nanny. This is the first year we haven't had you with us and it is one of the hardest ones yet. You were a great mom and grandma and you have been greatly missed. I hope you're having a blast up there for you birthday. Let dad know that I love and miss him!