practice what you preach....

Never had I anticipated reading this much in my life.  I graduated from IU with my tourism management degree, having only skimmed my textbooks.  Now I am in Nursing school, and it is literally impossible to pass a test without having read every word on every page of the assigned reading.  I am facing the challenge of prioritizing my reading.  I don't want to miss something that might be on the NCLEX I'm "too busy" to learn it right now.  

Not to mention prioritizing my workouts... so much to do, so little time, and everything seems crucial.  It is so hard to identify the less important tasks when you are in the moment than when the time has come to pass and you realize, you probably could have spent less time doing this, and more time doing that.  I have found that on the days when I workout in the morning, I am more focused and get more accomplished during the day in comparison to the days when I can't pull myself out of bed before class to workout, and plan on working out afterwards, but find it even harder to motivate myself to workout after class.  

As nurses, we are frequently reminded to maintain our own personal health and fitness, so that when we advise our patients of proper nutrition and exercise, we can be "role models"... but by practicing what we preach, we cut into valuable studying time.

What's a girl to do?

PRIORITIZE, I suppose. ;o)