Diary of a college girl: Exam morning and beloved good spotts in the library

                    (Me in the cafeteria aka. the land of croissants)


7.00
-" I am so fab! Check out I am blonde, I am skinny, I am rich and a little bit of a bitch"
Thank you Gaga, it is lovely waking up to your incredibly uplifting new tunes, but no I am not that fab. Trust me. At least not this early in the morning.
I leave in a Mediterranean island. Yes, you can go ahead and picture an amazing day laying at the beach, but not quite this time of the year, because it is so effin' cold in the morning I literally have to run to the kitchen and pray for my body to quickly adapt to not being cuddled in my amazing warm paradise, aka my bed.
Lately, I have been channeling my inner Rachel Zoe and having a Ba-nana for breakfast because it is supposed to help me to focus. Yeah right... Let me tell you something nutritionists out there, I am a daydreamer, I am always out of focus. No banana is going to change that...

At about 7.20 ( yes I do take my lovely time to have beakfast) I go and create a classy outfit ( goodness this  can take me forever sometimes). Get myself all dolled up, just because I have no Dorota to do it for me- hopefully someday I will. And finally at about 8 o'clock I am ready to go to class.


9.00
 Meeting my bestie Lily and heading to the library. Don't get your hopes up, because my VIP computer spot at the library will be re-conquered again next semester, shout out to the short black hair do' girl that I have seen twice sitting there. That place was my second home during final exams week last school year. Lucky you that I have fewer classes this semester, enjoy while you can my love.


10.15
 After playing human tetris game because the professor was not so sure about how to avoid cheating (Professor, if you are reading this, don't waste your time) we start the feared exam. Honestly, I expected it to be way worse, but those from the other group had it in multiple choice. Are you kidding me? Freaking easy multiple choice cannot be compared with our not so hard but still not easy exam. For those of you who read me and are not yet in college pay attention to what I am going to tell you right now: College is not easy, but with the right professors it can be a way smoother ride. Do your research!

Blogger Diaries Ep 3: Exams & Lindrea (Lily + Andrea)

Haven't you heard? Partial exams are invading our agendas and making our lives way less social... This week, my life revolved around Accounting and Statistics. Pretty fun, right? Well, my university life is not that bad thanks to my awesome friends, but I wanted to make a huge shout out to one of my best friends, Lily! She is beyond sweet, caring, kind and gorgeous. In fact, hanging out with her has become one of my favourite hobbies (We will film a video together anytime soon so look for that!)
 Between classes, besides being silly, talking about our huge Lizzie Mcguire obsession, and sun bathing on the bleachers, one of my favourite things to do has been making collages of our mini us. Wanna see an example-or a couple ones-?

¿No lo habéis oído? Los exámenes parciales están invadiendo nuestras agendas y atentando seriamente contra nuestra vida social... Esta semana, mi vida ha tenido como protagonistas al libro de contabilidad y los Power Points de estadística. Suena bien, ¿a que sí? Bueno, mi vida universitaria no es tan terrible gracias a mis maravillosos amigos. Entre ellos hoy me toca destacar a una de mis mejores amigas, Lily. Mi Lily es dulce,cariñosa, se preocupa por mí y además de todo eso es preciosa. Pasar el rato con ella se ha convertido en mi hobby preferido ( grabaremos juntas muy prontito estad atent@s). Entre clase y clase nos las areglamos para pasarlo bomba, hacemos el tonto ( imitaciones incluidas),marujeamos, recordamos nuestra obsesión por Lizzie Mcguire, tomamos el sol en las gradas... Últimamente, uno de mis pasatiempos favoritos ha sido hacer collages con fotos de nuestras versiones minis. ¿Queréis ver un ejemplo de mis obras de arte? ¡Aquí los tenéis!

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School Anxiety? My Experience and Tips

Hi Dolls! So it is exams time as most of you know and I wanted to share my experience with school anxiety with you so that you do not take rest time for granted and end up sick.
Does it have anything to do with my personality?
There are so many opinions to this issue, but what I think the truth is, that it totally has to do with your personality, specially when you suffer it in a continuous way throughout your life and in a strong way. It makes sense to me because I am nervous, active and perfectionist which means that I am not willing to stop until it is perfect, and that is the main problem because I do not notice the headache until it is really painful. And what's more, I do not even care about the time I have already studied and or the effort I've put in it, if it is not perfect.
The types I have experienced...

1. Exams Week: It is not that I left all my studying for the week before, because I do not typically do that. But my unconscious fight to beat myself and be better got so bad that I've been sick for 2 weeks just because of stress. "Good thing" is that is appears once I am done with studying that exams or that exam week. The weird thing to me is that once I wake up and before going to the exam it takes me forever to get myself in front of my summaries and revise, it is like my body is saying:"No more!" but during the exam I have this rush and once it is finished I am so relieved.
2. Changing my degree: It feels surreal to me talking about this because I feel like it has been forever since that happened, and it was literally, 2 days ago. The thing is, I hate my major right now, and I could not find another one and another university that offered it and that super strong stress, made me depressed and sick, because I just did not know where I was going. Thank God, I finally found it and I am so happy right now, that even my parents noticed that change.

My tips!

What is key for me is adding this relax time to my agenda and here's why: since I am a workaholic, I naturally tend to take rest time for granted and feel like I do not need it as much as other people do, but the thing is I feel better and healthier when I respect those little moments of resting.

1. Dvds night: That is Friday for me, I like going to bed super early and watch a movie or an episode of my favorite tv show. Something that takes me to a different scenario and makes me forget about my concerns.
2. Your Hobby: That is my blog for me, make sure you have a hobby to dedicate time to, something that it is not work but need to time to be dedicated to.
3. Music and relaxing Podcasts: On the way school or running take your ipod with you and blast some fun music  ( being careful so you do not get too distracted and deaf ) and before going to bed sometimes I like listening to relaxing podcasts that take to a straw to the beach. There are some cool apps like:Relax Melodies,SleepStream 2, Relax Sea.
4. Read before going to bed: This is important because of the same reason of the DVD night. I sleep better when I am thinking about something that is is in a movie or in a book because it does not represent a real issue for me.
5. Working out: Stamina building will make the stress go down to a level that can be handled more easily.
6. Naps: I love booking naps when I feel a bit of a headache starting, specially between cramming sessions,5-6 minutes of closing your eyes and trying to sleep is my secret weapon to renew my energy when I have little time.

My favourite one is the one that makes me spend n afternoon without my phone, no facebook, no Gmail, no Whatsapp. That is incredibly relaxing.

Before organizing our Agenda look at this bits of advice that work wonders!

Hope you guys like it, let me know your tips to relax.
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