As this important day I've been counting down to for ages draws to a close, I felt deep and reflective of my day today.
Results day is often a day people dread, me being no exception at all! I apologise to those people who I began to push away as I got anxious and snapped at whenever they told me to calm down. I disregarded people when they tried to remind me that these grades don't even matter in the future, they are merely a stepping stone for wherever you want to go next. In perspective, it's not like a job employer will ask you what you got in your A Levels, or GCSEs, at a job interview - even if so, that's very rare.
While I say I blocked out them comments, I also realised I told other people the same textbook answers of "I'm sure your grades really weren't that bad" or "everything will fall into place in the end", etc etc. While they are typical reminders, I do also believe there is some truth in this.
So it occurred to me: if I'm telling other people this for comfort, why am I not believing it myself? Surely that just makes me a hypocrite? In true me fashion, here's a quote (and genuinely one of the truest quotes I live by): 'The best advice is the advice you give other people'.
Now to finish, as much as I despise counting down to results day, I know that genuinely they are not as bad as people make it to be. The media are the ones who make such a big deal out of this and in reality we are not, nor should not, be defined by the letters we receive on a piece of paper (or numbers thanks to the ugly changed system). In fact, let's aim to collect special moments and more substantial achievements rather than certain grades.
All the best,
Hayz xxx
Ps. I'm cutting it very thin posting this at 23:59!
Results day is often a day people dread, me being no exception at all! I apologise to those people who I began to push away as I got anxious and snapped at whenever they told me to calm down. I disregarded people when they tried to remind me that these grades don't even matter in the future, they are merely a stepping stone for wherever you want to go next. In perspective, it's not like a job employer will ask you what you got in your A Levels, or GCSEs, at a job interview - even if so, that's very rare.
While I say I blocked out them comments, I also realised I told other people the same textbook answers of "I'm sure your grades really weren't that bad" or "everything will fall into place in the end", etc etc. While they are typical reminders, I do also believe there is some truth in this.
So it occurred to me: if I'm telling other people this for comfort, why am I not believing it myself? Surely that just makes me a hypocrite? In true me fashion, here's a quote (and genuinely one of the truest quotes I live by): 'The best advice is the advice you give other people'.
Now to finish, as much as I despise counting down to results day, I know that genuinely they are not as bad as people make it to be. The media are the ones who make such a big deal out of this and in reality we are not, nor should not, be defined by the letters we receive on a piece of paper (or numbers thanks to the ugly changed system). In fact, let's aim to collect special moments and more substantial achievements rather than certain grades.
All the best,
Hayz xxx
Ps. I'm cutting it very thin posting this at 23:59!