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You have your day planned - after dropping the kids off at school, you'll attend class and then meet with your study group. After lunch, you'll run errands (groceries, bank, and cleaners), spend another hour or so studying, then pick up the kids and head home. You and your spouse/significant other have a date tonight (which you're really looking forward to), so you'll get the kids fed and situated so you can get ready to go. However, as you're headed to school with the kids, your oldest child announces that you need to bring 2 dozen cupcakes to his class before lunch. Then, on your way to class, you have a flat tire. After arriving at class late, you learn the instructor is sick so the class was canceled (you missed the call while you were changing your tire). You get cupcakes and take them to the school, then head to the study group. After lunch, you're running errands (thinking everything is back on schedule) and your spouse/significant other calls and says, "change of plans, Honey...we have to entertain my boss tonight, at our house, and I need you to cook".

How all of this would make you feel, what your stress level would be, and how you would juggle everything to make it all work. Then, think about the skills we've talked about in this module, and briefly discuss how utilizing some of these skills might help you deal with this day in a better way.