Still Not Ready for School - Sila Paniker

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Image result for back to school alarm clockWe're slowly drifting into a normal school schedule and I'm still not ready. Summer didn't necessarily feel short but I would've been completely fine with some more time. Just like most people I've talked to, I spent the last few days, doing my summer work, trying to make up for the time I'd spent procrastinating. Usually, I get myself together and do the work by mid August, but this year, I couldn't bring myself to do it. It was like completing the homework meant admitting that summer was over and I couldn't get myself to do that. In past years, we've had and orientation or open house to signify that school's starting soon. Not having that to remind me this year, I didn't fully comprehend that we were going back until I was setting my alarms the night before. I also didn't bother correcting my sleep schedule so I started the year with awful sleeping patterns. I tried to go to bed somewhat early during the first week but my body wasn't used to getting a reasonable amount of sleep. On the first day, I woke up minutes before my alarm which ended up helping but I woke up earlier each day and by Friday, I woke up at 2:30 in the morning. The second week of school, it was back to needing five alarms and sleeping through all of them. When I set my alarms on the night before the first day, I was excited to see my friends and get a feel for how the year would be. But then I was reminded of all the time I would need to put into studying, homework, and school in general. Even now, three weeks in, I'm not ready. It's still bearable at this point because we're still starting the year but when we get to the peak of learning, I'm not sure how I'm going to handle it all. I think I'll be fine as soon as I get back into touch with my study/school habits and stop wishing it was still summer. But until my brain's off summer mode, I'm not excited for all the work coming this year.

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  1. DanielleSeptember 20, 2019 at 8:27 AM

    It's always a hard adjustment!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2019 at 7:57 AM

    While I did my summer homework I did it last minute and not very well. For me after only a few days of school I think I could have done a way better job.

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