Anecdotes and Realizations

 Exams came around again. This year I studied consistently, and frankly I enjoyed studying! Using highlighters, making notes, drawing diagrams, pretty fun if you think about it! I didn't sacrifice Catan (a board game I play with Chechi, more on that later) and had fun also! I went through question banks, watched videos, etc. Pro tip: The given textbook is the bible, everything else is supplementary only.  We were giving exams at school! It was a lot of fun and I thought I crushed the exams! I had fun, played board games throughout and killed it! Could I be any happier? Especially with Mathematics. Last year, in the Grade 8 final exam, I saw a problem that I couldn't solve, panicked and lost 5 marks. I lost out to Apurva, who killed it by the way :) This time, Maths had made me very nervous because of the last paper. I studied very hard this time. The whole paper was a breeze until I came to No 16! I panicked for a good 10 minutes. That numbness overcame me. But, I had evolved....

 Once again, my head doesn't have too many ideas. So here is another Nana rip-off. Here's the link to his second blog -  https://harimohanparuvumusicnotes.blogspot.com/ .  Today I was listening to 'Forever'  by the Beach Boys.  It is one of the few songs that I actually well up with. The lyrics go - And so on If the song I sing to you Could fill your heart with joy I'd sing forever I heard it first on Full House when Jesse sings it to Becky at their wedding. 

 So much is going on! Never-ending homework, upcoming tests and chapters I can't wrap my head around. Now there is this new project at home who is a ton of work. Exercising , diary writing and my other projects have gone with the wind.  Classes, project, eat , sleep. With so much on my to-do list, I end up procrastinating by watching mindless TV. It does not make me feel much better.  I wish that there was a break to reorganise life but time is always going. The best thing we can do during stress is to do basic self-care and what makes us happy. To do things mindfully.  I hate studying as much as the next person but a different attitude perhaps could help!  To tackle one thing at a time to avoid getting burnt out.  How do you tackle stress?