Alright so I’m sure that most of us are being forced to endure the hardships of that lovely time of the school year entitled: midterms.
Let me just say that I am at the epitome of knowing exactly how incredibly stressful midterms are. The best part of it is that this number of weeks does not solely consist of monotonous studying for a thousand and two tests. It entails projects, presentations, and the like. Personally I think this week should be considered to be more of a balancing act. It’s all about balancing all this craziness and still somehow be able to live something called your life. So much fun isn’t it? Catch my sarcasm?
Anyhow, one of the many things that I have first hand experience on during this wonderful time of the year is learning how to take things not only in school, but in life as they come no matter how frustrating they are. We all have those times in which we work ourselves so hard, in hopes to get a good grade, and yet end up with something so far from our expectations. It’s a crushing feeling I know. So what do we do when you start traveling down a bumpy road? Do you floor it in hopes that you get through it faster? Or do you take some time to slow down and breathe? I would personally take the latter of the two, but no matter what gear you choose to use, know that there is definitely no use in dwelling on a bad grade or a difficult situation that life has presented to you. Never live in the past because as we all know, no matter what we do, there is rarely ever anything that we can do about it. Don’t live in the future because we really can’t even say or insure what the future may entail. Live for the now and focus on what is in your hands now. Put all your time in energy into what you have at this very moment. By doing that, how can you fail? Strive and keep trying. No matter how treacherous the road you are following maybe, remember to stop… and… here we go, everybody… breathe.
- Crystal
