I’m exhausted. I am truly just exhausted — there is no other word for this feeling. I’m trying my best, but some days it feels like my best isn’t enough. I knew balancing work and school would be challenging, but I didn’t anticipate how much of a toll it would take on me. Between multiple deadlines and long shifts, important exams and scheduled meetings, my life feels like a constant juggling act, and honestly, God, I’m terrified I’m about to drop everything. I am scared I’m going to fail.

I’m tired of feeling like I’m always behind, like I’m always rushing, or always apologizing for not being able to keep everything together. I need to be fully present for my job, my classes demand my undivided attention, and because of that I can’t help but feel like I’m letting everyone down, including myself, including you. Some nights I stay awake staring at the ceiling, wondering if this is all worth it, wondering if pushing myself this hard is a mistake, wondering if quitting is the only option I have left.

God, in the middle of all of this chaos, please help me to pause. Help me to breathe. Help me to remember why I started this journey in the first place. Remind me of my purpose. Remind me of the dreams I hold within myself. Remind me of the future I’m working so passionately to build. Show me the strength and the resilience you placed deep inside of me, show me that I can do this, show me that I can survive.

God, please quiet the voice in my head that tries to convince me that I can’t succeed here. Give me the courage to ask for help when I need it, and give me the humility to accept that help when it arrives. Teach me that resting isn’t giving up, and that slowing down doesn’t mean I’m failing — it means that I’m human, it means that I care. 

On the days where all of this simply just feels too heavy, remind me that I’m not carrying this alone, God. Remind me that you’re beside me when the days are long and the nights are sleepless. Remind me that you see every late study session, every exhausting shift, every small victory that feels overshadowed by the things I still have yet to achieve or cross off of my to-do list. Remind me that this struggle is temporary, that it is one chapter in the larger story you’re writing with me, and for me. Remind me that I can do anything with you by my side.

I’m so tired, God, but I don’t want to give up on myself or on these dreams. So, I’m asking for your peace. I’m asking for your strength. I’m asking for your reassurance. Help me take one step at a time. Gently guide me through each moment until the weight of this journey feels lighter and my heart is steady again.

Thank you for seeing me, God. Thank you for understanding my exhaustion, and for walking beside me despite my doubts. I trust that with you leading me, with you carrying me, this will all lead me to something greater, to something destined. 

Amen.