Guess who's made it to the end of the semester (for the most part)? That's right, it's you. You've made it so far, and you don't have much farther to go — except, you know, just a couple of exams... or work... or maybe a few more classes.

OK, so sort of a lot — and I know, that can be stressful. That can also give you a case of the good ole fashioned "end of the semester blues." Is that a real thing, or is it just something I made up? The world may never know, but either way, this time of year can be stressful. This time of year can easily get you down in the dumps.

With due dates piling up and stress coming at me from every corner, the past few days (and the next few weeks) have and could easily find me feeling just a little blue. However, it doesn't have to be that way, right?

In the words of Taylor Swift, sometime's you've just got to "shake it off." Call me crazy, but I think that can apply in this situation.

Hear me out. The end of the semester is wild. It's full of exams, papers, more exams, more papers, work, the list goes on, and that's just for me. I can't imagine what some people might be going through, or how bluesy it might make someone feel. So, when everything starts piling up, maybe try to take those words of T-Swizzle to heart and "shake it off."

I know that can be harder than it sounds, and I know sometimes it might sound impossible, but when the going gets tough, I think we owe it to ourselves to at least try. When those blues creep up on you, we've got to try to put them in their place, and tell them who's in charge — and that person in charge is you.

When it comes down to it, exams are just exams, and if you put in those hours, those late nights in the library, then you'll get through it. You'll do your best, and your best is always good enough. You're best is plenty enough, and no matter the grade, you can rest assured know that you gave your all, and in this case, that's all you need to do.

All of the struggles that the end of the semester brings are temporary, and we're all more than strong enough to get through them. Sometimes, or maybe even a lot of the time, we just have to remind ourselves of that. We have to remind ourselves how strong we are, try to "shake off" or work past all of our troubles, and do what we can to tell the end of the semester blues that we will be blue no more.

Plus, we always have the holidays to look forward too, right? Make it through the gloomiest part of the semester, and you can also rest assured knowing that there's a light at the end of that tunnel, whether it's a Christmas tree, a ball drop on New Year's Eve, or both.

The end of the semester is rough, but we're so close, and the blues aren't going to win. We are.