<p>So I went in very motivated and set to focus on just my studies but as of recently i've been having a hard time balancing school work. Mostly though, i've just slacked a little lately and probably spent too much time with friends when I should have been working. </p>
<p>Anyways is it normal to have some slip ups like this? Do you guys usually recover from them? I have mid terms around this time and I feel like I didn't give them my complete and utter best simply because I had use my time unwisely. </p>
<p>Just hope this doesn't follow me...i'm afraid I have zero room for any sort of slip ups in college and I can't afford to have my grades suffer at all. So I feel really guilty and bad right now. Off to continue studying...</p>
<p>You’re in a place where you have tons of freedom. Probably way more than what you had at home. So yeah you’ll occasionally use that freedom unwisely.</p>
<p>If it becomes a habit though, you might wanna take a step back and reassess your priorities.</p>
<p>Yes and yes. I am in the same situation as a junior-- and actually did the same thing my freshman year. You can totally recover. Do your best to salvage your midterms, as long as you can make it through those you’ll know better next time. I literally JUST had the same thoughts, I had my midterms last week and I was like OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE I TOTALLY NEEDED TO BE MORE ON TOP OF THINGS AND NOW MY LIFE IS RUINED. I studied my butt off a few days before the midterms, and I think–not all grades have been returned, I managed. So now I am making some changes for the rest of the semester. It took me til now to realize I am incapable of listening to one of my professors talk for three hours straight so I bought a voice recorder so I can listen to the lectures later in smaller pieces, and I am going to bed earlier so I feel less need to nap during the day instead of study, which is what I was doing. >.<</p>
<p>“.i’m afraid I have zero room for any sort of slip ups in college and I can’t afford to have my grades suffer at all.”</p>
<p>You also can’t afford to have this mentality with no flexibility. That is a recipe for a mental breakdown sometime within the next year-year and a half. I have become a perfectionist coming to college so I feel the same way, but when we have done our best-- or learned a lesson from not doing our best, we really do need to cut ourselves some slack or we’ll go nuts. It’s okay to make a mistake now and then, everyone inevitably will.</p>
<p>Don’t worry. It’s normal for students like us to feel that way. There are times when I don’t want to study anymore. I miss highschool, I’m more relaxed there. But I really need to focus on my studies. Just encourage yourself and think about your parents! Good luck!</p>