overwhelmed by competing identities

Perhaps one of the main problems with studying theories of communication is trying to do so when one is also living a quite full life already. As a part-time student, full time worker, full time aunt, sister, and girlfriend. I am stretched so thin like a crepe, while my personality is fluffy like a buttermilk pancake. This is pretty much a freewrite blog, just writing what comes to mind with random punctuation. I was in this same spot last fall, taking two classes and trying to keep my head above the water. In the spring I got smart and took only one class, why am I so easily influenced into more work than I can handle. Why do I continue to overestimate my abilities? -amelia