It’s May, and for me is exam season!
For the first time, I am truly feeling what it is to be in exam season, for real.

So, a quick recap (so you can understand where I am coming from):
I have been in university for almost 5 years; I will finish this year, 2023.
Now, if you have been around long enough, you should know that we had the pandemic in 2020, where all of us were studying and having classes at home.

Funny enough, throughout my course, I only did assignments; It was really rare for me to have face-to-face exams, especially during the pandemic!

Now I am doing my master’s, and all our exams are face-to-face (one after the other which can be quite annoying and stressful)!
But… I have learned something really beautiful today!
I went to the library, and had some of my friends there as well… we were talking and doing our work until eventually one of my friends said for us to go for a walk. As soon as she said that, I really thought we were going for a walk, but we went to her car instead to get a basketball ball and what I believe to be cookie bars.

How did we end up studying for an exam, going for a walk, to have a basketball ball? Yup, I don’t know either, but you know what? Was such a great experience!
We started playing basketball among ourselves and it was so much fun! I have not played for such a long time, that I was horrible at it, literally, no jokes!

We played for about 30mins and we went inside for us to continue studying and let me tell you, I DID STUDY. You know sometimes when you are studying or doing something that requires you to focus and you end up being distracted, always on your phone, not paying attention… I was cool, I was actually doing work!

Now, after reading everything you might be asking ”But claudia, I don’t get it, what did you learn?”
I learned something really simple, we should appreciate the simple things in life. Going to play basketball during exam season, was just unbelievable to me, but why? Because we are so focused on so many things we forget about the simplest thing as playing basketball with friends.

I learn 2 things today:
1st – There are definitely better ways to take a ”break from your studies” and I experienced that firsthand today!
2nd – Sometimes the simplest things in life help you understand the true meaning of life.