Finals Week Is Only Worse Because Of the Homesickness | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Life Stages

The Worst Part Of Finals Is Not The Stress But The Wait To Go Home

I want to be in my bed at home already!

58
The Worst Part Of Finals Is Not The Stress But The Wait To Go Home
https://unsplash.com/photos/s9CC2SKySJM

Finals week is upon us and I'm not even close to ready. I have a mental count of the days I have left here at UCLA and they are decreasing in a phenomenally slow rate.

Finals week is hard because it is a cumulation of what you have been studying for the past 10-15 weeks. It is a gruesome time where everyone's at a high level of stress. Being in this environment is emotionally and mentally exhausting. Seeing your friends go through breakdowns and high-stress situations keep one in a state of complete anxiety for a while.

Above all this, it's almost time for winter break. Time to go back and relax with your family and go home.

Being an international student, I don't go home for Thanksgiving so I haven't seen my family in about 3 months and that is pretty exhausting in itself.

Knowing that the end is so near, yet so far is frustrating. I may be going home in less than a week but this is frankly one of the stressful weeks I've ever had.

So, the worst part of finals for me isn't the tests, even though that is pretty bad, but the anticipation to go back home.

Don't get me wrong, I love UCLA and everything in it but I am so ready to take a break, give my mind that rest it deserves from the constant stress it is put under.

College brings about different aspects in all of us but the homesickness is the hardest to cure. I want to be in my bed at home already, and go shop in Dubai. It's been so long that I have had homecooked food and slept in just for the sake of sleeping in. I haven't worn clothes that aren't sweatpants or gone out to just have fun instead of counting down the time I need to be back to do work in such a long time and I am ready to do it. But before all of that, I have these finals looming over me like an unwanted headache.

The thing to take away from this article is that we are all tired and exhausted and all of us want to go home so badly, but we must give our full focus to the exams that we need to ace to get that GPA we want.

Good luck studying, Y'all!

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Gilmore Girls
Hypable

In honor of Mother’s Day, I have been thinking of all the things my mom does for my family and me. Although I couldn’t write nearly all of them, here are a few things that moms do for us.

They find that shirt that’s right in front of you, but just you can’t seem to find.

Keep Reading...Show less
Relationships

10 Reasons To Thank Your Best Friend

Take the time to thank that one friend in your life you will never let go of.

6040
Thank You on wooden blocks

1. Thank you for being the one I can always count on to be honest.

A true friend will tell you if the shirt is ugly, or at least ask to borrow it and "accidentally" burn it.

2. Thank you for accepting me for who I am.

A best friend will love you regardless of the stale french fries you left on the floor of your car, or when you had lice in 8th grade and no one wanted to talk to you.

Keep Reading...Show less
sick student
StableDiffusion

Everybody gets sick once in a while, but getting sick while in college is the absolute worst. You're away from home and your mom who can take care of you and all you really want to do is just be in your own bed. You feel like you will have never-ending classwork to catch up on if you miss class, so you end up going sick and then it just takes longer to get better. Being sick in college is really tough and definitely not a fun experience. Here are the 15 stages that everyone ends up going through when they are sick at college.

Keep Reading...Show less
kid
Janko Ferlic
Do as I say, not as I do.

Your eyes widen in horror as you stare at your phone. Beads of sweat begin to saturate your palm as your fingers tremble in fear. The illuminated screen reads, "Missed Call: Mom."

Growing up with strict parents, you learn that a few things go unsaid. Manners are everything. Never talk back. Do as you're told without question. Most importantly, you develop a system and catch on to these quirks that strict parents have so that you can play their game and do what you want.

Keep Reading...Show less
friends
tv.com

"Friends" maybe didn’t have everything right or realistic all the time, but they did have enough episodes to create countless reaction GIFs and enough awesomeness to create, well, the legacy they did. Something else that is timeless, a little rough, but memorable? Living away from the comforts of home. Whether you have an apartment, a dorm, your first house, or some sort of residence that is not the house you grew up in, I’m sure you can relate to most of these!

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments