Why are you up past midnight studying a concept you just cannot get through your head? Why are you doing this to yourself? Why are you spending countless hours looking over this material you may never use again?
Because you are amounting to something greater. You are bettering your past self and looking for a future. This is the step you have to take in order to complete what you want in life. If this is what you want, take action, get your ass moving, and graduate.
You are studying to create the perfect piece of jewelry for Tiffany's and for the perfect couple to use in their wedding. You are studying so those children you are teaching, can get into a college and maybe become a teacher themselves. You are studying to save a life one day. You are studying to not only impact your own life but to impact others as well.
It is going to seem tough. It's getting to that time where exam scores are coming in, you somehow have 5 group projects, and now you have to go to work. It is draining and it is hard. There are times you feel absolutely defeated. You failed that exam. You failed a class. You couldn't figure out a lab test. You couldn't pass that skill. You turned a paper in late.
Welcome to college and welcome to life. You are not going to pass everything, nothing will be perfect, and nothing starts on time. You are more than that number. It is not about what happened, but how you respond to it. How are you going to bring that grade up? What changes are you going to make in order to achieve that end goal?
Grow through what you go through.
Make the changes necessary so you can be where you want to be in life. It does not matter how long it takes. Whether you finish your bachelors in 4 years or in 5 years, or you go back to school years later to finish, it does not matter. As long as you get where you want to go, it does not matter how long it took you.
Measure yourself from the year previous, or even the semester previous. You most likely completed one thing you thought you couldn't. You did something better and stronger than last year. So wherever you are now, keep your head up and keep pushing through. College is rough, but you can do it.
And yes, it is 100% worth it.