This week is the last Final’s Week of my university career. At least for the time being. But who really knows the future, I may end up going back to school for a PhD in Electrical Engineering or an MBA.
Last week was the so-called “dead week” here at Georgia Tech, where the students study and finish their projects all week, get very little sleep, and act like zombies the whole week. I stressed over my research project, studied very little for my final exam in Korean, and somehow survived the week but ended up working on Saturday even though I tried not to.
Fortunately I was able to finish most of my work over the weekend and can enjoy perhaps my first Final’s Week already done with final exams! So I am watching as my classmates study and stress over their projects and exams.
And I am watching myself, how I handle the stress that comes from a two-semester-long computer engineering research project in that I am trying to wrap up in time to start my winter break this coming Friday as planned.
I am becoming aware that my environment affects how much stress I feel. When I spend more time in the lab or around other people who are worrying about their exams and projects I feel more stress myself. These are the simple and obvious realizations that I always look forward to in life.
Final’s week, I will survive you once more! And perhaps I will remember you once you are passed.
