Thinking positively in any circumstance where you are feeling like trash is probably the hardest thing you can do. But ask yourself this, will this even matter within the next few days, weeks, months or even years? if the answer is no, then if anything you should at least try to do is to not let it eat you alive. Same goes for if the answer is yes, then don't let it kill your peace. Take a deep breath and try to assess the situation, break it apart and find out how to solve it. Some problems are easier to solve than others, but that doesn't mean that the harder ones are incapable of being solved either/
One example is something that a lot of college students go through, that I went through as a sophomore at my Community College. I was en route to graduating and needed to pass all of my remainder classes. It was the ending of the fall semester, finally winter break. As a Community College student in a transfer program to go to a four-year school, one major thing that contributed to my graduation and transfer was getting at least a C or better in ALL of my classes.
However, that is not what happened in my Quantitative Business Analysis 1 (QBA II) class. I had gotten a D+ which is considered passing in my Community College but as a student in a transfer program facing her last semester, I HAD no choice but to have gotten a C or better. I did not realize about the disqualification for the second QBA class until the Spring semester started. I go to print out my schedule and I see one less class on it. I immediately go to an advisor and see why did this happen?
Then they explained to me why it got dropped. I was freaking out badly because I was one semester away from graduating and thought how back will this push me? mind you I had never taken a summer class before and so I was nervous that I was going to have to have another fall semester just for that one class. Luckily the advisor said I could retake the class and take the second one in the first session in the summer and walk in May.
That part of the problem got solved. But then I started to think, "How will this affect my financial aid and membership of the transfer program I was in?" My mind was a mess. I immediately took it to an advisor for both financial aid and the transfer program and that's when they told me that I was okay, no disqualification was going to come about this. And so I proceeded to do exactly what I was told and passed the class with a C+ and graduated then transferred well to my four-year school.
With patience and deep breaths along with determination in reaching out for help when you most need it, those are the keys to solving any major problem in your life. You cannot simply solve things on your own. Until you learn that, all your problems will end up eating you alive for no reason. Therefore learn to take the problems and make something meaningful out of them. Sometimes problems are more second chances in disguise-- are you willing to uncover their surprises?
