*sighs* I actually did try. I had the most beautiful time table – Christmas was going to be crammed with study, but also loaded with the nights out and the days set aside for simply doing nothing. I had it all thought out – I genuinely was going to make a huge effort!
You can predict whats coming… my time table (like they tend to do) went way off track. 6 hours a day? Try 2 or 3. Max. Not that I think I’m doing badly, I’m just not doing half as much as planned. And worse still – Ive turned nocturnal! This whole week I’ve slept in til 12pm, regardless of alarm clocks, wake-up calls, etc. To be honest, I think I’m just wrecked. Before the Christmas holidays I was under the impression that doing everything like some sorta student superhero was just a matter of “penciling it in” but alas, I’ve learned a valuable lesson. Guys, nobody beat yourself up about not doing enough study over the holidays. Theres no point. New Year’s eve I had a little bit of a panic attack, thinking that come the 1st of January it was game on. In true movie style, everything just hit the fan. This shizz just got real. Mocks are in February, and even though I know things have a way of working out, theres still that nagging voice that I haven’t done enough and that there’s no way I’ll be prepared.
Mid-crisis I realised that yeah, okay – I’m not gonna be prepared. My worst nightmare of being in over my head is inevitable. But thats okay. Mocks seem HUGE to us right now, though that’ll pass. We can only do as much as we can. Even if we have the days where we slack, and even if studying hours on end doesnt work out for some as it might do for others…. its okay. We’ll all get there in the end. Remember my “hang on in there kitty” post? Well…. I still mean it.
I am well aware how cheesy my blog is turning out to be, but really I felt I had to write it, even just to assure myself more than anyone else that things are gonna be alright. When I’m all done and dusted with these exams in June, I fully intend to read back through my blog and I know that I’m gonna stop at this one and cringe. It’s gonna be one of those “I wish I could turn back and tell her to cop herself on, lighten up a bit – enjoy this year.” Still, had to be written. I remember somebody telling me over the summer that Leaving Cert is an experience – one not to be missed. Hah. They said that its one of those things that we’ll fight against til the last exam, but appreciate for the rest of our lives. It’s only now I can see where they’re coming from.
Roughly we’ve got about 5 weeks til the mocks. Give or day a few days. Breathe. Besides, whats the worst that could happen?*
*Ans: You could fail. (Ain’t that blatantly obvious kiddo?) And if anybody reading this does fail any of the mocks… or even doesn’t do as well as hoped.. Embrace it. Shrug it off. Just don’t let it get to you. At the end of the day, it’ll make your actual result in the Leaving Cert so much sweeter. Look at it as a challenge… Bring it on.




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I apologise, its been a while, I’ve also got a lot of slagging cause of these blogs, pfft
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How often do we think of our future? Or rather, dream about our future? Probably far too often. You more than likely spend a lot of time drifting off in Double Biology imagining holding a degree in French Law, how many children you’ll have, or maybe you just contemplate what you’ll be having for lunch that day? Whatever the case, how many of you actually spend your valuable time thinking of nothing, but just enjoying the present you’re living in?
Hello again. I think it’s time I stopped letting this blog gather dust and returned from my cyber-wilderness. I shan’t make excuses, in truth I have no justifiable ones, but I shall resolve to update this more often.
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