Come to think of it that this year has already come to an end, two months to go. It actually feels like it was just yesterday that we celebrated a new year, but now, the year has ended. tch, such a drag. i really wish that the yea would last longer.
The year started with stress, reading and burning my midnight candle to pass my final exams and be what i want to be in life. Quite stressful, the feeling of loneliness engulfed me, making me adapt to it and love it as well, as everybody left the school to be with their family and friends, but i remained.
I did quite a lot of things this year, ranging from prearing for my final exams, to learning a new skill. its quite nice, because i was able to gather some experiperience while at it.
This year, there are two hard things that i did. The first was to sit for my exams, and the other one was to get a new skill.
I started my nursing career three years ago. What seemed like a dream, an imagination, was about to come to an end this year. I lost many good friends on the way to demotion. It was really painful to them demoted, and had to stay for 6 more months due to the fact that they could not pass the promptional exams, but all the same, things happen for a reason.
The thought of spending 6 more months in school made me buckle up, i had to cut off certain people and certain things, just to get what i desire the most. My lifestyle changed drastically, i refused to travel back during 2023 christmas holiday because i felt it will be a waste of time.
Other of my coursemates were enjoying their christmas, but i was in school, reading for my final exams, and trying to get my composure together so that i don't fail the exams. This was the hardest thing i have done this year.
i cut ties with everybody, hardly received calls from my family because my phone was always on flight mode. All i did was wake up, read, eat, sleep, read again, go fora walk, read, exercise, read, go out for a walk and the cycle continues. i am naturally slim, but i became slimmer, as if all the food i ate was going into a void.
The week of the exams reached, but i was not fully prepared. Tensions high, i could not read intensely for the week becuase i had to prepare the project works of my course mates.
This took a serious effect on me because i had to stay with the man that was doing the project cover. i spent about three days there, when i have exams the next week tuesday. I could not properly read my books. i became frustrated, thinking that i am nit doing enough. The worker, on the other hand, was not helping matters, as he was not straight forward with me. He will tell me to come take the project cover today, when i come, he will tell me to come in the next two days.
This was how he kept on frustrating me until the morning of my final exams. My mates were preparing for the exams, but i was going round the city to get th project work ready. After every thing, i was able to get the project, and i came to the exams venue. My course mates were already inside. I was the only one remaining. I didnt revise my books.
I got to the exams venue, enetered the hall and faced my computer, waiting for the questions to start coming at me. To my greatest surprise, my brain did not left me in the exams hall. I was subconsciously remembering everything that i read.
I wrote the four papers, then i wrote the viva exams and OSCE (practical) exams.
After all said and done, i unbelievably passed all my papers with good grades. It was unblievable, but i made it.
WHAT I LEARNT FROM THE EXPERIENCE
One major thing i learnt from this event is that, the saying; "Make hay while the sun shines," ~ unknown, is actually accurate. Though, when the exams was near, i was not able to read properly,but due to the fact that i have read these things before, i was able to make my papers.
Another hard thing i am doing currently is to learn programming. Lately i found myself loving it when i write computer languages. Based on this, i decided to take a course on programming.
I have learnt some theings, but have no experience to share.
Thank you