We are reunited once again, how are we all? I hope the end to yet another week finds you in good health and ready for the weekend ahead of us! Yes ladies and gents, it's Friday! - and you know what they say about Fridays, right? Gotta get down on Friday! It's time to throw away the books, put down the pen, turn off the work computer, crack open the wine, get it flowing and the rest, well i'm sure you know!
I for one just love Fridays, it's my favourite day of the week for a multitude of reasons - it's the start to the weekend, it has positively spiffing associations, I almost always get drunk on this day and it even sounds nice doesn't it? I mean, out of the 7 days of the week, Friday is definitely up there with the best sounding ones - Monday not so much!
It's 5.38pm in the Swedish capital at present and as I sit here writing this to you all, I can't help but for once actually feel down about the fact that it's Friday - for one I have no plans, but that's not necessarily the reason for my sluggish mood, oh no. The real reason my beauties is exams...the absolute bain of my life.
So as much as i'm loving life in Stockholm, the thought of taking exams here is not exactly a pretty thought. In fact, wait, exams in general are just not a pretty thought. Oh, and FYI, just to clarify - a different country and time zone does NOT make exams, essays, course-reading and general university life any less of a stress, burden and downright nightmare than what it already is!
So yeah, as I was saying, exams are the reason for my Friday night sit-in. Now when I say sit-in I make it sound like that's a bad thing, that's not what i'm saying. No one loves a good Friday night in more than I do as opposed to a night out every now and again...oh yes, you know what i'm thinking - Ben and Jerry's (Blondie Brownie core, always), cup of tea, good film, some friends over, candles on, a good bath. Y'all can relate, it's a dream, right? What i'm saying is that it isn't so much of a dream when the Ben and Jerry's becomes a highlighter, the tea becomes coffee just to stay awake, and the good film becomes a folder full of readings I really should have done for that seminar over a month ago.
So my point is, with all this work i've not done suddenly becoming the most important, yet horrendous part to my life for the next week or so, as well as the realisation of how little I actually know about this module starting to sink in, why do I still have absolutely zero levels of motivation to study? It doesn't take a genius to figure out that studying is dull, there's no doubt about that, but with so much to do, I still find myself glued to Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter (you name it, i've been on it) and god knows what else as the ultimate form of distraction and procrastination. It seems that these days, I will truly do anything to avoid actually starting the mountain of work I have to do...worrying? Yes, quite. I think the reason i'm so shocked is also the low levels of care that I actually have (sounds bad, I know) with this being my current situation.
Is this gonna change? Well I hope so, I think the reason i'm not worrying so much is because me being the type of person that I am (apart from fabulously stylish, talented and generally incredible), the work always gets done - one way, or another. Be it an essay, last minute presentation-prep or exam revision cramming, it always works out okay (I find, anyway).
Lets hope then, guys and girls, that the same outcome happens for my rapidly forthcoming exam.
Naturally, I will let you all know how it goes.
Keep working hard guys, it's all worth it. The 'stay in school' mentality and all that, right?
Speak soon.
L xo
Lyle, this is brilliant! xx
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