There’s been so much weight loss talk around these parts that I’m not sure I’ve even told you that my first final exam is tonight. It’s my Finance exam. It’s going to be pretty darn hard. I was up pretty late last night and have quite a bit more work to do today to try to prepare.
Exam time is always very stressful. (Midterms are the worst but finals are still quite intense.) As a mature student, it’s hard to keep all of the regular life responsibilities going while getting the study hours in. Luckily for me Brad has been helping a tonne in the last week. All I’ve had to worry about is training and studying.
Something he’s told me recently is to start asking for exactly HOW he can help. See, when I help him, or other people, I just kind of plough through and start offering help in a billion different ways. I don’t ever think to ask of what I need or how I need it, I just run around screaming “I need HELP!!!!!!!!!!!”
But this time around I’ve been making specific requests:
- Can you go grocery shopping?
- Can you make me dinner?
- Can you water the plants?
… pretty please with a cherry on top 
He’s going to kill me for getting mushy on here (apparently he has a “rep” to protect) but I love and appreciate him so much. I can’t even tell you how supportive he is. We’ve been through a lot in the last two years since I went back to school and he deals with all of it, just for me.
Okay okay that’s enough, I’m a dead woman 
I’m fuelling up on two peaches + greek yogurt + coffee before I hit the books again.
Do you ask for help when you need it? HOW do you ask for help?
You are too cute! You will rock finance!! See you Saturday! Yay!
good luck on your exam….
and I SUCK at asking for help, in all aspects of my life. I wait until I am super freaked and stressed and do the same thing as you did…run around screaming I need help…hah. actually now that I think about it, I get on Rollin’s case for not asking for help…guess I am just as guilty…oops.
have a good day!
I’m so guilty of this, too. I try to believe that I can do everything on my own…until I’m running around with no idea where I am. I’m working on it
Good luck! You’ll kill it!! I hated finance, too.. gah it’s the worst. It’ll be nice to have it over with, though! Also, I suck at asking for help. Big time. I always save it until the breaking point where I’m a total mad woman.. and it usually doesn’t elicit a very good response hahah!
I’m so bad at asking for help. It’s so bad. That’s great advice though, to be specific. You guys sounds like a pretty cute couple.
good luck on your finance exam!
I have nobody to ask for help
so its either I do it all myself or it doesnt get done
no parents, no siblings, no significant other…
Nice post! You’re right how important it is to ask for help. And those who love us are always happy to contribute to our peace of mind and success.
When I was working full time, going to school part time, training for my half AND starting my business on the side, I cannot tell you how amazing Alan was (and continues to be). That being said, I still tried to maintain the house without asking him for help until one day I just had enough and realized that I simply can’t do everything! That’s when I learned the beauty of delegating!
Yes. Always ask. A support system can be the most important thing. GOOOOOOOD LUUUUUUUCK
Good for you for asking for help! I have SO much trouble asking. I think part of it is that I work by the mentality that “if you want it done right, do it yourself.” I know that, if I don’t do something, I’ll just be super anxious the whole time about whether or not it’s going to get done the way I want it done. So it’s usually just easier to do it myself. I know I need to work on this… lowering my expectations and having a more relaxed attitude toward housework/chores. But it’s so hard!
Good luck on your finance exam!
I’m awful at asking for help – I’m definitely of the “I can do it all myself” mindset. Something I need to work on!