I know that the Fall Semester JUST FREAKING STARTED!
But, alas, at my school we are 12 weeks in already.
Time is funny that way. You are just getting into a routine, class, reading, studying, writing. And then, poof, the semester is nearly over.
Yeah, I know that I wrote about midterms a blink of an eye ago. Time is weird, okay?
Just a little bit longer. You’ve got this.
One of my instructors kindly reminds us every class which week we are in.
I know I need it. Very soon now will be the reminders to sign up for Spring Semester. If you haven’t already been getting them. Take that leap! Sign up for Spring Semester with the conviction that school will help you pass your classes in the right now.
Tests are getting harder. Papers are getting longer. And, in my case, preliminary exam, which is the door to the dissertation, is only nine months away!
It’s going to be okay.
Just focus on the remaining assignments, and study for the tests, and take a day off once in a while.
Check in on your classmates frequently. Check in with yourself frequently.
It’s going to be okay.
This is just a moment to focus in on the semester.
It’ll be over, for good or for ill, sooner than you think.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 