Better to laugh than cry about it, right?
1. You sit in your afternoon class thinking about how you're going to accomplish it all...
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2. But it's still the afternoon, and you realize you have so much time. "Maybe I won't have to pull an all-nighter," you naively think to yourself.
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3. It's now past dinner time, and you open your book. You realize how much material you have not retained from class, and an overwhelming sensation of nervousness briefly hits you.
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4. You quickly shake your nerves off. There's just no time to panic. It's game. time.
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5. A while goes by, and you're starting to lose focus...and energy.
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6. How can you continue when your attention span is the size of a pin needle? So you take a small break to go on social media.
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7. At some point, you stop scrolling, and you get back to studying. All you're thinking is:
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8. Your roommates see how distraught you are, so they try to amp you up. You're appreciative, but it doesn't really work.
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9. Eventually, you go to bed. You set your alarm for a time that will allow at least 1 hour of sleep.
10. You barely sleep. You wake up wanting to do this:
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11. But thankfully, you quickly get your ish together. It's almost going to be over, and you tell yourself you got this. Because you do.
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12. You walk into the test like:
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13. And it's not as bad as you expected. You nailed it.
