Small things in life appreciation post & the good in exams

Hi everyone!! :)

and another Regents Park picture - also from last year

First of all, I would just like to say a big thank you for the positive feedback on my last blog post. I've never had that many comments before and it made me feel very happy. 

I also figured that my blog posts looked a bit boring without any pictures, so in the name of continued anonymity, today's post has another Regents Park picture! I took a lot last year, and not many (nice ones) this year, so I should definitely find some time and make my way to Regents Park again to take some more!

Today I had my second exam and I think it went okay. A lot of people are doing exams and it's so easy to feel down and negative about this time of the year. But here are a few things that exams have made me appreciate: 

1. Taking a break - as I had my exam in the afternoon, I decided to take the evening off. This essentially means watching youtube videos, listening to music, just being on the Internet (and now writing a blog post) and wow, it's the best thing ever. When I don't have exams, taking evenings off is something that I do most days, and I never appreciated it the way I do right now. That is something I would like to remember post-exams.

2. Friendly people - this morning I was feeling very nervous about this exam (having an exam in the afternoon doesn't help because I basically sat around doing nothing all morning waiting for this exam to happen). When I left my halls, I saw one of the maintenance men, had a very quick chat with him (VERY brief…like - 'you're alright?', 'yeah, you?'), and as he was standing near the door he opened it for me. These are the small things in life that just make you feel 100 times better and I think that I appreciated it so much more at that moment in time.

3. Food - so the thing about exams is that they can be quite long and you are not allowed to take any food with you. Partly, I think that's completely understandable: imagine the person next to you loudly devouring a burger - that wouldn't be very nice. But sometimes I wish we could at least take some chocolate in, just to help with concentration. Most of the time, I will get halfway through the exam when all of a sudden my stomach starts rumbling (I can't eat much when I'm nervous so breakfast is never big on exam days) and I would do ANYTHING - well almost - to have something sweet. Right now, I'm sitting on my bed with cake next to me and I'm appreciating it so much more than I've ever done before. 

Is there anything you appreciate more when you're doing exams? 

Let me know in the comments to make everyone feel a bit more positive about this time of the year xx