The one word that haunts all students: Finals. It sends shivers down your spine, and makes you want to curl up in a ball and cry.
Fear not! You can conquer the dreaded finals that will be coming up! Finals come in stages and we all go through them. Before the stages begin, you need to first believe in yourself.
1. Denial
2. Calculations
Then begins the stage where you become some sort of math God, and begin looking at how bad you can do to keep a grade up. Or how much your grade will drop if you get a zero on the final. Every point matters!
3. Procrastination
Once you get past denial and calculate just how bad on a final you can get without it hurting you too much, you still end up procrastinating on studying. You know you need to study, you just don't see any rush.
4. The Stress Out
Once you begin to study, you begin to stress out as your realize you have a lot of work to do with very little time. You feel like you are going to have a major breakdown before you even seriously begin to dive into the book.
5. Empowerment
One you get into a groove, you begin to feel like you are on top of world and that nothing can stop it. The longer you can stay in this state, the better.
6. Exhaustion
Your studying has reached the four or five hour mark, and it's probably getting late at night. You feel tired; so tired that you start to zone out. Soon, you start to forget everything! This is where coffee becomes your best friend.
7. Life is Over
You don't even care anymore, you just can't look at another vocabulary word or concept ever again. Your brain is completely fried, and you feel dead.
8. The Drag
Once you have the "life is over" stage, the rest of your studying session become a struggle as your drag your dead body to finish up the night.
9. Victory!
No matter how well (or bad) you do on the test, you will have a sense of victory once you are finally done with all of your finals. It just feels just so good to have your finals finally over with!
Make sure you are keeping yourself motivated when you are studying. Give your self a break if you can afford to do so. Give yourself a piece of candy or other treat of your choice when you have reached your goal. Just keep encouraging yourself. For you ladies out there, I know who is always willing to give you some encouragement... Ryan Gosling!
