{"id":14582,"date":"2012-11-06T17:02:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T22:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=14582"},"modified":"2012-11-06T17:02:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T22:02:46","slug":"youre-almost-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2012\/11\/06\/youre-almost-there\/","title":{"rendered":"you&#8217;re almost there!"},"content":{"rendered":"Referring to the title: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hhi43zV91F0\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hhi43zV91F0<\/a>\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_8ydghbGSg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nSo, we\u2019re about a month away from the end of the semester. Are you excited? I bet under those tired eyes,\u00a0pyjama\u00a0pants and bath robe lies a student who is jumping for joy at the possibility of going home and celebrating the holidays with friends and family under a background of a fresh winter\u2019s snowfall (I hope, global warming go away).\u00a0 However, there is still a month left of classes and about two weeks\u2019 worth of exams left.\u00a0 But, we won\u2019t panic.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/cereal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14586\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/cereal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/cereal.png 618w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/cereal-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nAt this point, we have all seen our first set of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=heh2h4Ea2dQ&amp;feature=results_video\" target=\"_blank\">midterms<\/a> \u2013 some of us may be really impressed with the way we did. To those people, I say congratulations \u2013 you worked hard and you got your marks, so <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Drake\/status\/258731694687920130\" target=\"_blank\">yolo<\/a> and stuff. More likely, most of us got a mix of good and bad results.\u00a0 It\u2019s like a box of Raisin Bran \u2013 you have the desirable raisins and then you have the bran.\u00a0 I\u2019m probably in this <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raisin_Bran\" target=\"_blank\">Raisin Bran<\/a> category. But don\u2019t worry, it\u00a0doesn't\u00a0take much to turn your marks from a box of Raisin Bran to a box <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4CQGbV8yrqw\" target=\"_blank\">Frosted Flakes<\/a> (so good)! (This post does not endorse any Kellogg's cereal, or General Mills cereal for that matter. Obesity is a serious problem, so lay off on them Frosted Flakes.\u00a0 If a cereal company, however, wishes to market cereal boxes with my face on it, this can be arranged). \u00a0So this post is for me, but it\u2019s also for you.\r\n\r\nHow am I to go about making a box of Raisin Bran into a box of Frosted Flakes before the holiday break, so that I can watch Charlie Brown specials in peace? \u00a0Let\u2019s make a plan.\r\n<blockquote>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">I\u2019m going to start fresh.<\/span> What happened in the past is history, it\u2019s time to brush the dust off your shoulders and move on. Treat it like the beginning of the school year\r\n\r\n2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">I have to make sure that I keep organized.<\/span>\u00a0 Have all my exam, essay and remaining midterm dates written down so I can effectively prepare. Also, I\u2019m going to prepare a schedule for each day to minimize last minute cramming, and then report back at the end of the day how much I accomplished.\u00a0 Also, keeping my desk neat and binders clean, that kind of stuff.\r\n\r\n3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #339966\"> Keeping motivated.\u00a0<\/span> Keeping an eye on the goal, reminding myself of the holidays, getting support from family and friends and listening to that you-go-girl Demi Lovato music.\r\n\r\n4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff9900\">Keeping it positive.\u00a0<\/span> As my psychology professors have drilled into my head, attention is everything.\u00a0 What we choose to focus on will affect our outlook and attitude, so I\u2019m gonna focus on the positive and not the negative.\r\n\r\n5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #666699\">Minding the caffeine and sugar.\u00a0<\/span> While they do give me a boost of energy, they also make me sluggish.\u00a0 And sluggish is bad.\r\n\r\n6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366\"> Relaxing<\/span> now and then and scheduling my breaks so I don\u2019t take too many of them.<\/blockquote>\r\nThe box of Raisin Bran is now magically a box of Frosted Flakes. \u00a0You're almost there, keep on truckin' U of T. \ud83d\ude42\r\n\r\n- Abdullah","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nReferring to the title: \u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hhi43zV91F0 So, we\u2019re about a month away from the end of the semester. Are you excited? I bet under those tired eyes,\u00a0pyjama\u00a0pants and bath robe lies a student who is jumping for joy at the possibility&hellip;\n<\/div><div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2012\/11\/06\/youre-almost-there\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;you&#8217;re almost there!&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2012\/11\/06\/youre-almost-there\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;you&#8217;re almost there!&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7204,6669,1,67,68],"tags":[9464,193,9463,270,9465,149],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14582"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14622,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14582\/revisions\/14622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}