There
are days you think, “Hey, I’ve done pretty well” and then there are others
which…you know, just suck and the only reasonable thing to do seems to be a *headdesk*.
Everybody has gone through it. Some fail but well, there are people with a
degree or diploma or whatever. So probably it will be fine. Hopefully. Right?
Encouraged
by a successful day – one which you can confidently pat yourself on the back about–
you come to think, mistakenly, that from that point on every day will be like that
one… just so you know, it won’t be. The time and energy you’ve saved and the
progress you’ve made will be wasted so quickly that you barely notice it
disappearing.
Maybe
on the next day – after your successful one – you will be able to keep up with
the pace. But then >>>BOOM<<<. You sit. You stare – yeah,
staring is by far my favourite. You drink. You eat. You stretch. You cry. You stare
some more. You burn your book (or are dangerously close to doing so). You examine
a plain white wall. You watch other people. You study your nails. You dream
about a good lunch. You dully look down at a page full of some random letters. You
doodle. You stare for a change. You wander around. You bury your face in your
hands. You feel like every time you read a new sentence it sucks out a piece of
information you’ve already learned. And at the peak of your despair the famous
headdesk comes. You slowly arrive at the stage where you accept your failure to
study even one more sentence. No. Just no. Not going to happen today. And you
know what? It’s better to accept it than to fight it because otherwise you just
grow even more frustrated with yourself and that would make your
counterproductive day even worse. Then you couldn’t go on.
So
don’t punish yourself. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Everyone deserves a break
(not a long one, though). Take it easy. Relax. Don’t stress. But… be sure not
to mess up one of the most important exams you need for your degree. But again –
no pressure!
