Last day of February.. 29th..congrats on leap year 😛.

You will see this day after four years..big thing.

We all are so busy in ourselves that we usually forget to try to be happy on small things..that's really pathetic. 😟

So how many of you are having exams, in the month of march??

Excited??

Scared??

Or just chilling..waiting to study on last day? 😜

I will tell you how it goes..

When we dutifully study for big tests, there's a voice that comes up saying, "This stuff is hard! I don't get it! I'm going to get a bad grade and then there are going to be disastrous consequences! Man...I am screwed. My life is over"

Then after we take the test and gets it back, another voice goes, "Look at these ones you got wrong! You knew those answers! Why did you make so many mistakes? You could have done better..." Etcetera.

Others report that teachers are hyping up the difficulty of their particular classes' finals with messages like, "People who don't study routinely get F's on my final," "You guys have got to make sure you do well on this so you won't miss out on credits for this class," "These grades have an effect on your ability to get into college..." Etcetera.

( by the way, the one who are are confident about this week's exams, think they'll do fine, and are OK with whatever happens even if they don't. To those few I say,Congratulations on an excellent attitude dude, and you have my best wishes for success. The rest of this post probably won't interest you.)

You know what the funny thing is??? The irony is that in our case, the stress comes because everything is supposed to move in fast forward motion..("how i wish..this exam was three weeks later)

Our minds get tense, we resist the work we're supposed to be doing, and our negative outlooks make success less likely. We think we can push ourselves into getting A's, but that's not necessarily where A's come from.

It's okay if it is not A ..life doesn't end there doodles. Give your best but don't freak out when you don't get highly expected result. There is always other chance.

Life is like a cricket match. You are the only player and a machine called opportunity is there throwing balls one after other. It's okay if you missed one. You will get another one. Just don't give up. ✌

So when teachers tell you to freak out, don't. What they  mean is, "I want you to do well, so please prepare yourself as best as you can." When they deliver this message in their scary, "Don't screw this test up or else" way, take it as a sign that they stressed about their finals of their teaching too 😛

Well that's totally my guess...my physics teach's glare when I broke a spring balance in lab still gives me nightmares 😨

The harder part is to deal with that voice in your head that tells you you're going to fail and then tells you you failed even when you didn't or not going to.

This voice is not your friend and it's not there to help you

It's there to mess with you. It's that devil character who wears black cloak and argue with your angel side 😈

Whenever you catch any voice in your head giving you messages that you're going to fail, or you can't do it, or you're not smart enough, or you're too confused, or it's too hard...Listen to the voice clearly, and then IGNORE IT.

It's not telling you the truth. The universal truth is that you'll be fine no matter what happens. 😊

Yes, grades count and finals can affect us.

But letting their ultimate importance get blown out of proportion does no good and often creates rather than removes obstacles to your learning.

I sincerely hope that you can tame all voices of self-sabotage, study in a relaxed and alert way, and just give exam in a cheery mood. That gloom faces in exam hall is downright hilarious 😂😂😂😂 think if your crush saw you like that...

Any exam will fly by and we'll soon get some well-deserved rest.

All the best aratians 👍👍👍

Best wishes,
Star ⭐

P.s- please don't kill me for writing this..it's just to make you guys comfortable with battle ahead 🙈🙈🙈. Many of you must be leaving the school this year. So enjoy and give exam in relaxed mode and have fun with your friends. :) you will miss school life a lot *sighs*