i'm definitely not an island. when i respond to one set of pressures in hope of alleviating stress, i cannot help but create a different set elsewhere. and then i end up feeling like a struggling juggler. sometimes i get around this by closing my eyes and hoping for the best.. i figure that if i cannot see what's going on, i can ignore it. then again sometimes i try to observe and understand everything. i end up tying myself in complicated, convoluted knots.

what i did manage to figure out is how to try and make every decision a good one - by developing a sense of priority.