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My Two Cents

By G.

I feel like I have to throw in a bit of my own worthless personal advice for everybody getting results tomorrow. So here it is.

If you get bad news, don't beat yourself up about what you could have done differently or whether you didn't study hard enough or how maybe you would have passed if you had just done X. Because it doesn't matter anymore.

I've had major setbacks in my life that weren't my fault, where I was just unlucky. I've also had major setbacks that were caused by poor decision-making on my part, because I'm an idiot. There's no difference between them. You're in the same position no matter how you got there.

The only thing you can do is assess that position and decide what to do going forward.

This is the only life you're going to get. Pass or fail, it's still the only life you're going to get. And its waaaaay too short to waste on beating yourself up over a past you can't change.

That's it. Good luck.

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Full post as published by A Girl Walks Into a Bar (Exam) on November 18, 2005 (boomark / email).