Has this ever happened to you (especially to the girls, but honestly, no one’s safe)? It’s the middle of the night, you’re tucked in bed, trying your absolute best to fall asleep like a responsible adult, and then BAM your brain decides it’s the perfect time to replay every poor life decision you’ve made since Year 1.

Of course, being the emotionally mature queen that you are, you pull yourself together and remind yourself: “We live in the present, let’s focus on today.” But just as you start drifting off, your eyes fly open and reality hits you like a Tesco lorry you forgot to submit that one massively important assignment. Oh yes, the one that’s worth nearly half your grade. And the due date? That would be today. Fabulous.

Let me paint the scene.

My semester wrapped up this past Friday (aka “Froday” because nothing felt real anymore), and my final assignment was due on that very day. Now, like any prepared student, I had already finished the assignment earlier in the week on Wednesday (or as I now call it, “wednboesday” because spelling died with my sanity). I didn’t submit it then though, because I didn’t want my instructor to have too much time to critique it. Strategic, right? If they get less time, they might just skim through it and pass me with flying colours. That’s the logic I went with anyway.

I told myself, “I’ll submit it on Thursday. Or Friday. Or whenever, it’s fine.” Except it wasn’t. Because guess what? Friday came and went, and in my mind, I had already submitted it. My brain had filed it under “done” and moved on. Classic.

Fast forward to Friday night. I’m lying in bed, questioning every choice I’ve ever made (as one does), when suddenly, plot twist! I realise I never actually submitted the assignment. The one worth 40% of my total grade. Forty. Percent. Reader, I nearly passed out.

Needless to say, all my lovely plans for sleep vanished into thin air. I shot out of bed like a caffeinated meerkat, flailed around trying to remember passwords and portals, and somehow somehow managed to submit the thing just in time. Was it a peaceful night? Absolutely not. Did I survive? Barely.

Moral of the story: never trust your brain. Especially not at 3AM. And always submit your assignments the minute you finish them, no matter how smug you’re feeling.

Anyway, how are you doing? Hopefully less chaotically than I am.

loads of luv
Hannah