I've got that conference in Milwaukee that I'm going to in about a month here, and I've also got a couple of other big trips lined up (North Carolina over Winer Break, Nevada over Spring Break). I've also got a mess of stuff that will be due at the end of this coming semester, including actual honest-to-goodness exams for the first time in my graduate career.

I guess my problem right now is that I'm finding it impossible to focus on day-to-day things, because all I can think about here is my future. I don't just mean the trips, either, because I'm getting to the point here where I have to think about life after getting my M.A., and I just don't know what I'm going to do. I know I need to get my Ph.D. if I want to make real money at this teaching thing, but I have no idea where I want to go (not UT since they don't have a Ph.D. programme) or what I want to specialize in. I'm going to have to leave the nest here soon as well, and I really don't know who I can turn to for support as I venture out into the scary, scary world on my own.

I've been getting almost paralyzed about stuff like this. I've been falling more and more behind in my schoolwork, and I can't hold my diet for any period of time because I keep thinking about trying to stick to it for weeks at a time instead of just trying to get through the day without going off my meal plan.

Help? Somebody? Please?