Tired and overwhelmed — the two perfect words to describe how I’ve been feeling lately.
There’s a certain sensation that buzzes around in the October air that looms around for quite a while, almost pulling and tugging at you as you try to live out your day: Midterm season.
It seems like just yesterday you were opening your syllabus for the first (and hopefully not last) time. Then, all of the sudden, we’re mid-semester. While it’s nice to be able to say that you’re halfway through your semester, it’s also scary to think about how much more there is to come.
Midterm exams, projects, deadlines, registration and literally everything else makes the never-ending to-do list even longer.
While I’m now in my junior year of college, it somehow feels like the hardest one I have experienced thus far. Having spent my first semester completely in-person pre-COVID and my second fall semester completely online, it seems like this weird hybrid semester has been so much worse.
Whether it’s because of the difficulty of my classes as an upperclassman or just having to get used to actually attending my classes in person and not from the comfort of my bed, this semester has been a different beast altogether.
To be frank, I started this semester with such high expectations considering the fact that I registered for five classes, became involved in three organizations, added a second major and even got a job. While I was somehow able to juggle all of that only a few months ago in my spring semester, this became a struggle this school year.
I’m not too sure if maybe it’s just me feeling this way or if others can relate at all but it hasn’t been very fun.
On the other hand, there could be much worse things happening. While I’m struggling this semester, there’s still a tomorrow.
While my professors and peers may not be too thrilled about my performance this semester, there is still in fact more ahead of this.
Everyone has a hard time at some point in their college career and it just so happens that this is my struggle semester. So, it’s absolutely okay if this is your struggle semester, too.
We will all get through this weird, difficult period together.
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