A hectic, yet productive day

Greetings, read family! How are you? What are you doing this week or today? Are you like me who have spent a few days working extra hours on school projects?

As a graduating student, there are many things to be busy with in and obligations at school that must be fulfill. Me and my classmates are occupied day and night by the graduation requirements, which includes the Thesis, OJT Report, passing all the exams and quizzes, and other assignments.

We will graduate this third week of December, but there won't be a graduation ceremony because we're already behind schedule and got a one- semester extension to pass a subject and complete our research paper. We are regarded as graduates and are eligible to receive TOR in January, but the only disappointing thing about it is that we were unable to experience marching in our graduation.

And of course, since we already took an extra semester, we don't want to do so again; instead, we want to graduate and then sit for the board exam next year. Since the deadline of the manuscript for our research paper was yesterday and there are still some revision to be made, we were really busy yesterday to finish it.

What I did and the situation I was in all day

I worked on our paper and being in front of the laptop for numerous hours. Our research is nearly 90% complete, but we must still check to make sure that everything is in order and nothing wrong will be seen once we present.

I skipped breakfast and ate lunch at around 1 o'clock since I had to finish what I was doing. I must have been dehydrated because from six in the morning until one in the afternoon, I only drank one glass of water.

We genuinely share the work, and all of my groupmates are nice and helpful. We are truly working together to complete our research and make a successful final defense.

Students busy working on their research paper.

The majority of the people in this room yesterday were glued to their laptops, editing research papers in preparation for a defense that will take place today. We have a little more time to prepare and memorize what we need to say because we are the last group to defend.

The manuscript was all we worked yesterday, as the deadline was at six o'clock in the evening. Even though there was a very long line at the Computer shop of another group that was also printing their manuscript, we happily made it on time.

We still have time to organize our PowerPoint presentation that will be utilized to present in the final defense as our group's defense is still scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

Finished the task; now it's time to go home.

I got home around 7:30 p.m. because of the heavy rain and challenge of finding a ride at night. I quickly drank a lot of water after arriving home because I was quite thirsty, and then I lay down for a while before having dinner.

I was extremely exhausted all day, but I'm glad we finished the manuscript and turned it on time. This Friday, we will take a break before resuming our PowerPoint presentation over the weekend. Hopefully, our final defense will be a success, and our papers will only require minor revisions.

Final Thoughts

Before you graduate, things won't be as simple as you thought they would be since you'll face numerous difficult circumstances. However, you shouldn't let these situations deter you; instead, you should keep going.

Success is better if it is worked for, so let's always retain that mentality and always be optimistic.

Thank you for dropping by!

All images are mine.

Lead image is made from Canva.