I hate deadlines. Who doesn’t?

Don’t get me wrong. I understand what they’re for and I actually think that they’re nothing less than essential. However, they add so much stress to the mind as well as to the body. In fact, during deadline seasons (exam draft deadlines or grading sheet deadlines), my body often succumbs to sickness, to fatigue, or to some other condition. Or sometimes I just tend to gain more weight.

Just this July, for example, we’ve had to submit our midterm draft before the 10th so I started working on mine around 2 weeks before the said deadline. Unfortunately, the new changes in the exam format set me back a significant number of days. This change, coupled with the fact that I had to check everyone else’s drafts in the department, and that I had to adjust to being an adviser again, have given me quite a load to think and worry about – so much so – that I have gained a minimum of 5 pounds.

Coffee in sugar apparently comes in significant amounts. (Not to mention, my coffee is usually accompanied by a biscuit or muffin.) With the large extended hours of work came extended amounts of coffee and coffee treats thus accounting for the additional pounds.

Now that I’m almost done, I’m thinking about whether to try out fat-burner meds like Stimerex ES, or force a physical exercise regimen in my schedule to get rid of the stress and fats. Either way, I’m planning to detox and be in better shape after the midterms and nothing is going to stop me. Hehehe!