Firstly, I just want to make a very important announcement: my hair looked absolutely incredible today. You know sometimes you just wake up and have those really good hair days? Well, today my hair was like a pantene commercial... and there was no one around to see it. So that's why I'm literally telling the world, because I don't think my hair is going to look this good again. Anyway...
This time last year I was completing my last year of high school with the end of year exams only a couple of days away. That is also when you reach a point of complete indifference about it all, because the thought of having to open another text book just makes you want to go to bed and just sleep or read something that is more leisurely instead, and your ultimate dream is just to suddenly find yourself transported to a few weeks time when you have finished with school completely.
Don't get me wrong, I did like school, but twelve years is an awful long time to be subjected to that very structured and quite limiting environment. Well, for me I thought so and I welcomed change as much as I welcome a lovely warm cup of tea on a really cold day. The point of saying this (even though it isn't coming out exactly motivational) is that if you are in this 'exam-frenzy' situation, it is okay to feel fed up with it, because I think that 99.99% of students feel the exact same and at the end of the day, you will most likely do a lot better than you thought you initially had.
For anyone who is doing exams at the moment, my personal advice (other than: it is okay to eat Tim Tams to put that lovely smile back on your beautiful face) is that "Que sera sera (Whatever will be, will be)". Sung by Doris Day in Hitchcock's film 'The man who knew too much' in 1956, this particular line has become my life's mantra. Whenever things get out of hand and I have no control over a certain situation (like stressing over the outcome of an exam) I take a step back and take a deep breath and think "que sera sera" and feel better. Obviously in life we should always work to the best of our ability and not cut ourselves short, but it is always important to remember that if something doesn't go according to plan, the world isn't going to end and quite possibly, a better option will come around.
This time last year I was completing my last year of high school with the end of year exams only a couple of days away. That is also when you reach a point of complete indifference about it all, because the thought of having to open another text book just makes you want to go to bed and just sleep or read something that is more leisurely instead, and your ultimate dream is just to suddenly find yourself transported to a few weeks time when you have finished with school completely.
Don't get me wrong, I did like school, but twelve years is an awful long time to be subjected to that very structured and quite limiting environment. Well, for me I thought so and I welcomed change as much as I welcome a lovely warm cup of tea on a really cold day. The point of saying this (even though it isn't coming out exactly motivational) is that if you are in this 'exam-frenzy' situation, it is okay to feel fed up with it, because I think that 99.99% of students feel the exact same and at the end of the day, you will most likely do a lot better than you thought you initially had.
For anyone who is doing exams at the moment, my personal advice (other than: it is okay to eat Tim Tams to put that lovely smile back on your beautiful face) is that "Que sera sera (Whatever will be, will be)". Sung by Doris Day in Hitchcock's film 'The man who knew too much' in 1956, this particular line has become my life's mantra. Whenever things get out of hand and I have no control over a certain situation (like stressing over the outcome of an exam) I take a step back and take a deep breath and think "que sera sera" and feel better. Obviously in life we should always work to the best of our ability and not cut ourselves short, but it is always important to remember that if something doesn't go according to plan, the world isn't going to end and quite possibly, a better option will come around.
"Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera"
Good luck to anyone who has exams/ essays/ assignments coming up
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