Sunday, March 9, 2008

Stress in my life


I have had several different ways of stress during my life, some of them positive and other negative. I used to have a very demanding job in my country. I worked from 10 to 12 daily hours from Monday to Friday, and sometimes on Saturday. Even when I enjoyed my job and the tasks at my office, I still faced the stress that problems and disturbances of every day brought with it. I had to find solutions for different problems every day and of course it is a terrible stress for your life. The best way for me to deal with this stress was to meet with my family and go together to a restaurant or to the movies. Since I immigrated to the United States, my life has changed and new ways of stress had appeared. For now I don’t have a job so I am facing with a different kind of stress. I am learning English and when I can not find the correct way to communicate with people around me is frustrating and annoying, and it causes me stress. Also, I decided to legalize my professional title in the United States in order to get a good job in Chicago. This task has not been easy for me because the education system is different here in the States than it is in my country. To get my title here I have to give an exam which consists of four different topics. I have begun to study for this exam, and this entails me to study four HUGE different books in English (like the one in the picture). I will be giving my first exam in April 1st and I have a lot of stress because I do not want to fail this exam, otherwise I will have to study again. After this first exam I will begin to study for the other three. I hope I can get the title here in the United States, so I will be able to find a job and my dreams for the future can come true.

3 comments:

minna said...

You have a very clear goal and a good psychological quality. I believe you can achieve your goal.
Wish you succeed in your first exam in April 1st.

rachid said...

I Think that your are going to passe your exam in april 1st because you are a self confident, and like every thing in life: the most difficult is the begining, then every think will be easier, so keep going and good luck.

Denise said...

Wendy, good luck with your CPA exam -- this really requires lots of studying and can be extremely stressful.