Is juggling school and RCIA a bad idea?

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Hi everyone šŸ˜ƒ
So RCIA has started but I am just mentally dead from all my midterms and I just want to sleep. Nursing school is no joke its exam, exam, exam, paper, paper, paper, class, class class, and repeat. I just wrote a midterm today and I am just drained. I want to go too but its like I am brain dead right now and I would fall asleep and not wake upā€¦ haha I donā€™t know if I can juggle RCIA and school for much longerā€¦ does anyone have any recommendations? I donā€™t want to burnout or anything but I do want to do RCIA this yearā€¦
 
Try it.

While I have no experience of nursing school per se, my hunch (from having friends who are nurses) is that the stress level doesnā€™t go down much if at all once school is over.

God will give you the physical endurance to do His will.

God Bless and ICXC NIKA.
 
Iā€™m giggling. I was reading it as
ā€œshould I enroll in Juggling School and RCIA at the same timeā€?
:rotfl::rotfl:

My bad. But my votes is, go ahead and RCIA if it doesnā€™t take away from your study TIME.
The opportunity to learn about faith, and how much God loves us is a nice respite from the rigors of our busy days.

All the best!
pianist
 
šŸ˜¦ I couldnā€™t make it today because of a group project sigh
 
Iā€™ve never done RCIA so I donā€™t have any experience with it, however, at one point in my life where I had two jobs and a very, very stressful circumstance going on, I agreed to be on the CRHP formation team, which meant once a week. I was really worried about how I would make it work, but I found the support of the other women in the group and taking the time to devote to the Lord actually helped me get through a really horrible time in my life. I would seriously consider keeping up with it.
 
confusedgirl said:
Hi everyone šŸ˜ƒ
So RCIA has started but I am just mentally dead from all my midterms and I just want to sleep. Nursing school is no joke its exam, exam, exam, paper, paper, paper, class, class class, and repeat. I just wrote a midterm today and I am just drained. I want to go too but its like I am brain dead right now and I would fall asleep and not wake upā€¦ haha I donā€™t know if I can juggle RCIA and school for much longerā€¦ does anyone have any recommendations? I donā€™t want to burnout or anything but I do want to do RCIA this yearā€¦
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speak to your RCIA director about your struggles with a heavy nursing school program and trying to do RCIA which for the most part shouldnā€™t be too demanding. See if the RCIA could be put on hold till the nursing school program lightens up for you. I think that would be the best route to take.
 
Juggle what you can. Talk to the RCIA priest/instructor and let them know your situation. I missed several sessions but still participated whenever I (realistically) couldā€“I was juggling my masterā€™s program and RCIA, which is different but similar to what youā€™re doing, so some days I was like, ā€œI want to be there, but I HAVE TO SLEEP.ā€ Good luck.

ps - now Iā€™m Catholic šŸ™‚
 
confusedgirl said:
Hi everyone šŸ˜ƒ
So RCIA has started but I am just mentally dead from all my midterms and I just want to sleep. Nursing school is no joke its exam, exam, exam, paper, paper, paper, class, class class, and repeat. I just wrote a midterm today and I am just drained. I want to go too but its like I am brain dead right now and I would fall asleep and not wake upā€¦ haha I donā€™t know if I can juggle RCIA and school for much longerā€¦ does anyone have any recommendations? I donā€™t want to burnout or anything but I do want to do RCIA this yearā€¦
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:D:D I honestly thought this was going to be a thread on ā€œClown Massesā€ :eek:šŸ˜‰

Have you considered calling the priest himself and perhaps meeting with him in a schedule that you both could do?

P.S. Donā€™t ā€œdropā€ juggling school.
P.P.S Clowns really do scare me.
 
I understand! I went to Nursing school full-time, worked full-time-48 to 56 hours a week, and went to RCIA. Sleep, and free time became very precious. Hang in there! I did it, so can you. It is so worth it. :yup:
 
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šŸ˜¦ I couldnā€™t make it today because of a group project sigh
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In the past I have offered RCIA during the day time when I had people going to school- for some reason schools today run from noon until evening so we did RCIA in the morning once a week; it worked pretty well. Some people had bad attendance anyway, but most of them had excellent attendance so it was worth it.

Ask.
 
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I understand! I went to Nursing school full-time, worked full-time-48 to 56 hours a week, and went to RCIA. Sleep, and free time became very precious. Hang in there! I did it, so can you. It is so worth it. :yup:
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Thank you šŸ™‚ I will try to make it next week
 
confusedgirl said:
Thank you šŸ™‚ I will try to make it next week
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Please remember they make Nursing School hard, stressful for a reason. They believe the anxiety weeds out the people, who really canā€™t make it as nurses. Actually, it really does work. I speak from experienceā€“my study group of six-at the end, was just two of us. (They=nurse/instructors, Nursing school administrators)

Hang in there! You are in my prayers. :signofcross:
 
I have been a nurse for 30 years in the ER, and yes, the stress of nursing school is only the beginning. I also went through RCIA. RCIA should not be stressful; it is exactly what you need right now. I know what you are going through, and sometimes, it almost seems impossible. Pray and ask God for help. Talk with your formation director. I too, will pray for you.
 
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