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Prevail
Student @ Airforce Institute of technology
Student @ Airforce Institute of technology
The Semester Promises We Make and Somehow Break 😂
<p>“New semester, new me.”</p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Every semester, we say it with full confidence. 😂</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“This time, I'll start reading from the first week.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“I'll attend every class.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“I'll stop procrastinating.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“I'll submit assignments early.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“I'll organize my notes.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“I'll even start preparing for exams weeks ahead.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Beautiful promises. 😭</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Then semester starts.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Week 1: “I'm still settling in.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Week 2: “There's plenty of time.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Week 5: “I'll start properly next week.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Then one day, you check the exam timetable.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">EXAM: TOMORROW.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Suddenly you're looking at 12 weeks of lecture notes like you've never seen them before. 😭</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">And that's when the regret comes:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“Why didn't I start reading earlier?”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">My brother, you promised yourself you would! 😂</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">The funniest part is that we've been here before. We know exactly how this story ends, but every semester we convince ourselves that this time will be different.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Then comes the TDB phase 😂😂</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">You arrange your books.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Charge your phone.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Get snacks.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Open your notes and say:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“Tonight, I'm not sleeping.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Thirty minutes later, you're on your phone.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">One hour later, you're still on your phone.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Then you suddenly remember you have an exam tomorrow.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“God, please just help me pass this one. Next semester I'll be serious.” 😭😂</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">And it's not only reading.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Students make plenty promises at the beginning of every semester:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“I'll save money this semester.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Two weeks later: Where did my money go?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“I'll sleep early.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">2:00 a.m.: “Just one more episode.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“I'll stop using my phone during lectures.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Five minutes later: scrolling.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“I'll start exercising.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Day one: 💪</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Day three: “I'll continue next week.” 😂</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Maybe the problem isn't that we don't know what we're supposed to do. We know consistency is better than cramming. We know starting early makes things easier.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">We just keep telling ourselves:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">“I still have time.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Until suddenly, we don't.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">So maybe this semester doesn't need another dramatic “New me.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Maybe we just need to start small and actually keep the promises we make to ourselves.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Anyway, enough about me. 😂</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Drop the other semester promises you always make but somehow never keep.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Let's expose ourselves together. 😭📚</span></p>
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