Things that make me feel smart:
-reading books on literary theory that quote books in french and being able to read the french quotation.
-writing really snarky footnotes on in my research papers.
-using literary jargon in my papers.

Things that make me feel sad/overwhelmed/frusterated:
-BACK PAIN!!
-doctors who don't have appointments for a week
-research papers without thesis'
-being fat
-my parents repeating themselves over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
-breaking up with my love because he has a girlfriend.