The other day in class, Kevin asked us “0-10 how ready are you from the end of the semester?” I answered at a 10 because I want the semester to be over with, but I answered a 3 because work wise, I was just not prepared for finals, final paper, and still the other work we have to do before finals even start.
I was out the week before fall break because I was discovering I was having anxiety attacks for the first time ever. I had never experienced anxiety like that before. I was having a lot of anxiety attacks over the span of a couple weeks. I was feeling very overwhelmed by the amount of school work I had to do and on top of that I had placement once a week. I’m supposed to graduate in the Spring, which I still plan on doing but I think that was catching up with me too. I had extensions on all my homework and I think that was making it worse because I wouldn’t do the work when it was due, so it was piling up and making me feel even more behind. I’m also a procrastinator which doesn’t help because I would rather be doing other things with my friends when they don’t have work to do and then I would wait until the last minute to do assignments that I didn’t have extensions on. I felt like I didn’t have time to do anything other than go to class, placement, or do homework. So I would skip class to sleep or catch up on homework that I should have done before.
However, I’m much better now and can actually sit down and do homework without feeling overwhelmed. I am feeling way more prepared to for the end of the semester. I am all caught up with my work and feel like I am ahead of the game for once. There is still a lot of work I have to do before the end of the semester, but not as much and not as hard as I anticipated it would be.
I’ve noticed that instead of getting worked up about something that seems hard, I need to start looking ahead at assignments that are due to ensure that no assignment is really that bad. I am feeling much better about the end of semester and am ready for Christmas vacation and having a break!
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