Mid- Second Semester Struggle
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Mid- Second Semester Struggle

I didn't think it would be this hard

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Mid- Second Semester Struggle
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First semester was definitely tough. The transition to a new school came with new responsibilities and I had to learn from the ground up how I was going to balance my school work and social life. Eventually, I had it all figured out, got used to my classes, and made it through finals week to be rewarded with the month long winter break that everybody needed.

Coming into second semester, I thought that I would have it all figured out. But, I quickly learned that getting used to a new schedule with new classes and professors is not as easy as I thought it would be. The beginning was fine because syllabus week mostly consisted of no work and getting to hang out with the people that you missed but now since it has started to kick in, it is just as hard as I remember first semester being.

I definitely did not mentally prepare for having to spend countless hours in the depths of the library again. Everyone on campus is starting to reach a point where they are simply just exhausted; whether it is from social events, workload, or just sleep deprivation in general, everybody needs a little relief and it just so happens to be the spring break that is right around the corner.

As all of us begin to get equally stressed out and approach the stages of mental breakdowns while making midnight runs to the pod for snacks while you are stuck in ZSR, we need to start to figure it all out again. Spring break is only two weeks away, which everybody knows means at least double the amount of deadlines crammed into a smaller period of time. As that little bit of freedom approaches, and as I sit here procrastinating my fifth hour straight in the library, I do experience a little comfort knowing that everyone feels the same way.



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