At some point in my life, being on time became an obsession for me. For the past several years, I constantly checked my watch, becoming anxious if I was going to be late - and by late I mean not 5 or 10 minutes early. I became anxious during class or meetings that were running late, even if I had nowhere else to go. This tends to cause some problems. First, it’s not good to stress myself out over something so silly. Second, I can’t carpool with anybody that doesn’t share my problem, and I don’t like traveling alone.

I’ve been trying over the past two years to get over this, but this summer I tried something different - I stopped wearing my watch. If I don’t know what time it is, I can’t stress out. Every once in a while though, I can glance at a clock on display in the room, or another person’s watch, defeating the plan. Overall, I think this is helping. I don’t get anxious in meetings and classes anymore, because I don’t realize when we’re getting close to the end or running late. I’m this much closer to less stress!

Jake and I bought some local honey today from a nearby farmer’s market. It’s supposed to help boost your immune system and relieve allergy symptoms, since the bees collect local pollens to make the honey. Since I’m severely allergic to almost everything outside, I thought I’d try it out. I’ll write another update in a month or so to see if it’s working.