The past week has been wildly crazy for our batch. We were swarmed with deadlines and exams for different subjects which had us all struggling to keep our heads above water and keeping calm while dealing with more than 24 hours without sleep, annoying groupmates, and software that kept on crashing while you were doing something extremely important.

I have never had a more tiring week in my entire eighteen years of existence, and although it was very very exciting for me to be dealing with a lot of stuff in that short span of time, I couldn’t help but feel super exhausted. 

I’d like to take this opportunity to say that despite all of this stress, I am very happy with everything we were able to do. It makes me so happy to know that all of that hard work wasn’t wasted and that it was very much appreciated. I mean, sure, you go through unbelievable amounts of stress and mental and emotional torture, but the smiles and “thank you”s you receive in the end make it so much worth it.

Last night, two of my closest friends asked me if I wanted to live the rest of my life filled with deadlines (work-related, of course). I didn’t even have to put much thought into the answer I gave them, “No, because these deadlines give me a purpose”.

I know my personal life isn’t the best one out there, and I’m not exactly everyone’s cup of sunshine either, but it helps me to know that at least one aspect of my life can be organized and can bring me such a great sense of fulfillment and relief.