Finals have me too stressed: Y/MFY?
Yes, I still have work to do. Yes, and I'm working every day. Yes, this means I won't sleep much. Yes, this means I can't hang out much.
I understand this. I am fine with this. It's like....there's a fuckload of work, yeah, and other things to do, yeah, and this all needs to get done. And I get that. I know what I have to do, and other than the fact that I've been unable to get out of bed on time all this week, I'm pretty much fine at getting it done. It sucks, but it happens. It's school.
Why is this such a hard concept for people? I mean, not their work -- my work. Yeah, I have shit to do. Sometimes I hang out with people, sometimes I don't. I've made decisions and I've made them well aware of their repercussions. I just don't get why I keep getting people who either:
A. For some reason hear "I'm really busy" as "So if you want to talk constantly about what's going on in your life and get some opinions on the sweaters you're thinking about buying, I'm your girl!"
B. Feel so bad for me! This must be so hard! God, that sucks! You're not going to get any sleep or downtime - that's so sad! How do you cope? Your life is so hard!! You didn't get much sleep last night? Oh, that's so hard! I'm all done already. You still have work? Man, that sucks! That really sucks!
It's college. It's hard. You do what you have to. It's my work. I don't get why other people need to look at it and talk about how hard it is. It's really not! It takes time and sometimes, yeah, it's difficult, and would I like to not have to do it? Of course! But I do. Why do you even care? I get being concerned and kind, and, yes, we all do the "What? She assigned two 10-papers due on the same day? What is that professor's deal?! Seriously!" thing. But it annoys the hell out of me when people are all, "How much do you have left? God, that's so sad. How late were you up? Really? You must be so tired! That's so hard! You have to stay up tonight, too? That's so hard!"
Have you never done work? Why is it so hard to grasp the concept of having to do a lot in a short amount of time? What? Who the hell are these people?
At the same time, I'm all the way there for a little "I so don't feel like doing this now. Procrastinate!" But the same way I hate people who feel the need to comment incessantly on the amount of work I have to do, I don't understand people who need to act like you have no work because they have so much work. Just because I don't talk about it 24/7 doesn't mean I'm not stressed, too.
Here's a concept for the world: You know what you have to do. You do what you can to get it done. Sometimes you fail, sometimes you don't, life goes on. I just don't get the compulsion to comment on my life, you know? Deal with your own shit.
Anyway. Back to work. /rant
I understand this. I am fine with this. It's like....there's a fuckload of work, yeah, and other things to do, yeah, and this all needs to get done. And I get that. I know what I have to do, and other than the fact that I've been unable to get out of bed on time all this week, I'm pretty much fine at getting it done. It sucks, but it happens. It's school.
Why is this such a hard concept for people? I mean, not their work -- my work. Yeah, I have shit to do. Sometimes I hang out with people, sometimes I don't. I've made decisions and I've made them well aware of their repercussions. I just don't get why I keep getting people who either:
A. For some reason hear "I'm really busy" as "So if you want to talk constantly about what's going on in your life and get some opinions on the sweaters you're thinking about buying, I'm your girl!"
B. Feel so bad for me! This must be so hard! God, that sucks! You're not going to get any sleep or downtime - that's so sad! How do you cope? Your life is so hard!! You didn't get much sleep last night? Oh, that's so hard! I'm all done already. You still have work? Man, that sucks! That really sucks!
It's college. It's hard. You do what you have to. It's my work. I don't get why other people need to look at it and talk about how hard it is. It's really not! It takes time and sometimes, yeah, it's difficult, and would I like to not have to do it? Of course! But I do. Why do you even care? I get being concerned and kind, and, yes, we all do the "What? She assigned two 10-papers due on the same day? What is that professor's deal?! Seriously!" thing. But it annoys the hell out of me when people are all, "How much do you have left? God, that's so sad. How late were you up? Really? You must be so tired! That's so hard! You have to stay up tonight, too? That's so hard!"
Have you never done work? Why is it so hard to grasp the concept of having to do a lot in a short amount of time? What? Who the hell are these people?
At the same time, I'm all the way there for a little "I so don't feel like doing this now. Procrastinate!" But the same way I hate people who feel the need to comment incessantly on the amount of work I have to do, I don't understand people who need to act like you have no work because they have so much work. Just because I don't talk about it 24/7 doesn't mean I'm not stressed, too.
Here's a concept for the world: You know what you have to do. You do what you can to get it done. Sometimes you fail, sometimes you don't, life goes on. I just don't get the compulsion to comment on my life, you know? Deal with your own shit.
Anyway. Back to work. /rant