How to Survive: Results Week

Don't panic. Results week has been and nearly gone. For those who aren't waiting on results it means you can reclaim your local clubs and pubs next week, back from the drunk young teens, hooray!! For those ones who have had this week haunting you all summer, this one is for you!! You lucky duck.  As that fateful Thursday has now left us all, you probably know what's going down in your little ol' life and you've probably got a ruddy awful headache this rather grey Friday. To everyone who found out their results yesterday (or any other day), I say congrats and commiserations. Take whatever one you need...

This can be either a happy dance or a cheer up dance, tah-dah! 

I probably won't be the first person to let you know that whatever happens is okay. If you didn't get what you needed or wanted- that's okay, or if you exceeded your targets- that's pretty bloody okay too. Things are still gonna happen in your life, life will not stop now. I'm not your teacher, I'm not your life coach, I'm not gonna advise you on what routes to take. But I can tell you that it'll probably be okay. There's a light at the end of every cliched tunnel.

If you are heading to university, back to college or into a job, here are some little things that might help you out, regardless of whether your downed that bottle of wine to celebrate of forget your day! (See, it doesn't matter what you achieved, both good and bad results lead you to do the same thing, and I feel like this could be a pretty obscure but brilliant metaphor for life. I may or may not consider this some more later in the blog...).

-No one really talks about grades. Now, I'm not sure if this is universal, or just where I happen to study, but it's a subject that we just leave alone at uni. The people who didn't get what they wanted won't ask and the people that got what they needed won't be listened to. The most that you'll be asked is 'What did you study for a-levels?' but nine times out of ten it'll never be followed with grades. It might come out of the bag during a game of never have I ever, but I'm sure that game will give people much more interesting things to discuss and you to be worried and embarrassed about (like your sexual exploits/ or lack of) ((have fun with that one)).

-Your grades at A level do not necessarily translate in University grades. The person that got the A at A level might do much worse than the D level student because they can't cope with the new environment. Or the style of course might work better for some people than for others, and previous grades are irrelevant. Basically, no one is safe from a small breakdown. Which is nice in some backwards kinda way, because everyone's bonded in their vulnerability. How sweet!?

-Grades do not reflect you fully as a person. It's a small part of your life that doesn't account for kindness, humour, ability to love, creativity, persistence, passion and probably most of what makes you, you. The people you meet will be more interested in the music you like, or the sports you're into, or how much you can make them laugh. Pretty much anything other than what you achieved.

-This is not to say you shouldn't be proud. Of course you should! If you've got what you wanted or needed then that's pretty amazing and you should 100% be happy and joyful and let everyone that loves you know about how bloody fabulous you've been. You've worked hard and it's paid off so go ahead and celebrate! 

I realise I've made a lot of contradicting points but I think the gist of what I'm trying to say is that; Results are really really important but they are not the be all and end all. It's what you do with those results (good or bad) that really matter. 

That's a pretty good message, right? If you can pinpoint a message with New Girl gifs, it's gotta be a good'en. So if ya' hanging so bad you don't reckon you'll make it past the weekend let alone the rest of your life, pick yourself up, call your pals, and get back out tonight. You're at a time in your life where there's no reason to regret going out two nights in a row. You've got the rest of your life to worry about that. Make the most of this little bit of in-between time, before everyone has to go and do their thang. Because I said so.