Izu's World

Have you ever worked really hard in order to achieve something? So hard that in the end you felt like you would never make it, you’ll never get what you want? And then all of a sudden you get what you want and you feel so ridiculously happy as if a miracle had just happened?

Mh… :) That’s how I feel right now. I had a midterm exam on Saturday – Deferential Geometry – a very disgusting thing, and I just got my results – I got a 90%, which pretty much places me in the top 5-10 students in my major. I studied hard for an entire week, but to be honest I didn’t think I’d do that well. So when I was told today that I have a 90% on the exam I started laughing, feeling so happy. I just love it when I get something that I’ve worked hard for.

Now I’m studying hard for my Database midterm this coming Friday, and I know I will get good results once again. But I’m sure that just before the exam and just after the exam I’d feel like I’ve failed and then in a few days when I get my results I’ll be once again ridiculously happy.

But I’m not making this post to just talk about my exams, studying and my marks. This post is just something like a small reminder to myself and to anyone who reads this blog – as long as you work hard and do your best, you will feel great at the end even if results are not all that great. I often forget to praise myself when I do well at something, anything, but I never forget to make myself feel horrible if I fail. I guess that’s why I always end up feeling as if I always fail, even when I do succeed at a lot of things.

So… the moral is – praise yourself when you do well, try your best at anything you do, so that even if you fail in the end you will know that you’ve tried as hard as you could… and if you haven’t tried all that hard… well, learn from your mistakes and try harder next time. Because success… it feels damn great! :]