The Beginning

It seems appropriate that my first post for a blog about having too much stress would be during exam week. True, I am taking valuable time out when I should be studying Oedipus and his mommy complex, but without my tendency to procrastinate, I would have no subject for this blog in the first place.

I suppose it would be a decent idea to talk a little bit about myself and explain the whole premise behind my uniquely thought up title. I'm 17, a senior in high school, and a self-proclaimed teenage stress addict. In case you hadn't quite caught on to that yet. While the title is a horrible rip-off of Confessions of a Shopaholic (which I probably qualify for anyway...), it is a relatively (completely) accurate description. While it seems counter-productive to be adding something onto my plate when I'm already so stressed out, I actually hope that this will act as a creative outlet for some of my stress.

So, why am I so stressed out? I believe the better question might be, why am I not stressed out. I'm taking a rigorous school schedule this year and I'm headed off to University of Michigan (!!) next fall, so there's a lot on my plate now and a lot on my mind for the future. It's a difficult transition period and what better way to deal with it then to talk..to myself! We'll see where this blog goes, in what direction I choose to take it day-to-day, and how often I even post.

Here's to hoping that this works out! In the meantime, I should probably get back to Oedipus, Raskolnikov, and Gregor Samsa. Because really, failing the AP English exam would be just another thing to stress about...