What a hectic week!

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My gosh, what a hectic week it鈥檚 been. Nothing crazy happened in particular but this week has felt like a vortex that kept pulling me in deeper and deeper into the void before I can even finish spelling 鈥榮tudy schedule鈥�.
I鈥檝e had about 4 cups of bubble tea this week. FOUR! You know you鈥檙e going through it when you鈥檝e had more than two bubble teas in the span of two days.
While my exams are all due to happen at the tail end of finals (to whoever set my exam schedule, may you never ever get caught in traffic on the way to work ever again), my friend and I have decided to somewhat bid au revoir to our procrastination days and actually start our revision sessions earlier. So that鈥檚 what I鈥檝e been up to almost every day for the past two weeks and boy, oh boy, has it been draining. Draining but also rewarding. It does feel good coming home knowing that I鈥檝e been academically productive with my days and sailing smoothly with our study schedules. It almost makes me feel a little less guilty when I鈥檓 treating myself to a cup of bubble tea after every study session.聽
So great, preparations for finals are going pretty well but everyone needs a good balance in their lives, right? On the not-so-great end of my stick is the struggle I鈥檓 facing with my research essay. If I鈥檓 on the Disney Cruise Line with my exam prep then it seems I鈥檝e boarded the Titanic with my research essay. It鈥檚 due in two weeks-ish, I have 4000 words to type up and so far, I鈥檝e only got one badly written paragraph in. In an attempt to push myself to write something, I鈥檝e set out deadlines for each paragraph that I need to finish but I鈥檓 disappointed to say that that is not going well. Of course, I can blame this all on Mercury being in retrograde but really, deep down, I know it鈥檚 just my lack of inspiration and avoidant procrastination.
First-year Asirah would鈥檝e rocked back and forth in her swivel chair and stained her notebooks with tears if she were in this very same position that I鈥檓 in right now. So why have I not broken down yet? I鈥檓 fairly confident it鈥檚 because I鈥檝e gotten a lot better at putting a cap on my work/study time. I make it a point to save my documents and put my draft papers away the moment the clock strikes 8 P.M., then spend the rest of my night doing relaxing activities like journaling, doodling and re-watching Grown Ups 1 and 2 on Netflix. Also going to bed early! It鈥檚 been super helpful with containing the anxious thoughts that I鈥檝e been having lately with exams and all. It鈥檚 like switching off the lights in my brain so I can enjoy the peaceful bliss of simply not thinking too much.