However difficult, stressful, and frustrating a situation
can be, you can always getting something positive out of it. Instead of going
on and on about how this semester has been all those things for me, I decided
to look at the positive things. Lessons learned.
What I learned in my worst semester to date
1. Forget your pride
Get over
yourself and talk to that professor about your grade, whether it be for a
better one or to get help. Or open up to those friends. You
have them for a reason, so if you’re unhappy with the relationship then tell
them. Or if you’re going through a tough time, then tell them.
2. Let tomorrow worry about itself
Really you
can only control the present. Do what you can now, and don’t worry over what
might or might not happen in the future.
3. Forget about yesterday
There is
no point in obsessing about something that has already happened. Instead learn
from whatever that is and move on.
4. Check your priorities
If the
most important thing to you right now is not going to matter in four years,
then you need to change your focus.
5. Stop comparing yourself
Comparing
yourself to others, on any account, is not healthy or helpful.
6. Know when to take a break
Don’t
run yourself dry, take a day off once a week and plan in the hour of rest in
your schedule.
