I don't believe the universe just knocks once, I believe it starts as a whisper and goes around and around until you get it. It's usually the quiet or unexpected moments that you feel it best, although sometimes you may need several of those moments and a few reminders afterwards. It was during my last semester in school that I felt how unbalanced I truly was, and if I made it my mission to live my life in balance, relax more, and trust more, I would be better. I went back to school with the simple goal of graduating and moving forward in my career. School, education, and earning a degree have always been important to me, since my profession requires a bachelor's degree to qualify for national certification, it was a better excuse than any other to finally go to college and get the degree I had always wanted. As an adult student I put a lot of pressure on myself to do everything to the best of my ability, to keep the bar high and to go beyond what I expected of myself; many times overextending myself and doing too much. This last semester I had to take a class called "Adult Learner." My bias about this course made me determine that it would be easy, I'm an adult and a student, finished. Going into this class I had two choices; I could go through the motions or use it as an opportunity to stress less and learn more. Since it's not like me to just go through the motions, it became, what I thought, would be a lesson in how to stress less, not move on, and trust the process. For example, I had already read our courses that required reading, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” if it was my first time reading it, I would read it for understanding, however since it was…half of the paper…. and it affected all areas of my being. That if I work toward a master center of balance, a "sharp saw" as Covey calls it, I read the book to understand it and reread it to apply it, but now I feel like I have to reread it for Works CitedCovey, RS (1989). The 7 habits of highly effective people. New York, NY: Free Press. Gilbert, E. (2009). Elizabeth Gilbert: Your Elusive Creative Genius | Speak video | TED.com. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_geniusKenner, C., & Weinerman, J. (2011). Adult learning theory: Applications to nontraditional college students. Journal of College Reading and Learning, 41(2), 87+. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.sienaheights.edu:O'Connor, F. (1965). Revelation. In everything that arises it must converge. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux.