I’ve said it many times this year: My LEAST interesting life here in Spain is my academic one. I’m fully aware of how irresponsible that sounds, but if I am to be perfectly honest, this is the truth. Of course it is the truth. I live in a European capital where people start their nights at 3am and each newly explored street yields a new bar or restaurant (some good, others not so much). The ‘living’ part of life comes easily here. That is why this second round of finals seems so difficult compared with the first.
The first round of finals seemed to really matter (as dumb as that sounds now). It was new. It was a first challenge. It was an opportunity to prove myself. Now it just seems like a whole lot of fruitless labor. Economics, Cost Accounting, Financial Management, Operations Management, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing Fundamentals(cummon!), they will all be over in 2 weeks whether I study or not. Of course this is a terrible mindset to have… or is it?
In reality I AM studying. Actually I am studying quite a bit. At first I thought I was studying for finals, but recently I found myself selectively choosing the content that interests me. When I am engaged I am ACTUALLY engaged; soaking it up and enjoying it. So finals week will be a pain in the @$$ for sure, but at least this time I will choose where to apply my efforts.
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