Can we all agree that it’s at that point in the semester where you just want it all to be over? It’s that time when you just want your homework to magically complete itself, papers are done, finals are over, and life can be amazing again, but unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way.
It is the last week before finals and the stress of getting everything done on time is at the highest point that it will ever get. Students struggle to study, cry, and wonder why they are working so hard for their degree; they debate on whether or not their degree is worth the stress.
If there’s one thing that we all have learned about being in college, it is that no matter how stressful it gets—it is always worth it. Everyone knows that greater things are coming after this storm that we call finals—we all get to go home and enjoy our lovely Christmas and New Year’s. We get to hang out with family and friends and behave like we didn’t just cry over a final that we probably didn’t know the answers to until after the final or struggle to complete a paper at the last minute.
It is the end of the semester where most college students will drink and party before finals because they want to destress before the struggle begins. They want to have fun because they know that they will be too tired, worried, and busy with studying to party.
If you are not a party person, then Netflix works as a similar vice. Each person has their own ways to destress and cope with the outcomes of their semester. At the end of the day, we are survivors because we work hard for the future career that we want.
We struggle now so that we do not have to struggle later and we risk our sanity for that future career. It is shocking to think that our sanity is what we lose in the process of building our careers or educating ourselves.
Stress can be hard on some people and it could make or break a person’s life. It is what causes some people to not go to college or to not finish because it can be too much to handle. It is okay and everything will be fine because once finals are over that is when the real fun begins.
May the answers forever be in your favor!