Meltdown

Hey guys.

My last post was about the challenges a teenage mind undergo when having no other activities other than school work. So today I'm going to talk about how I came to the conclusion of having a hobby should actually be compulsory for teenagers.

Yes we will have to travel back in time to a young grade 8 learner. 

So there I was, working as hard as ever cramming every bit of information into my head right before the exams. Not one second to spare for myself, as if the world depends on me having this knowledge. Neah, I'm just joking. 

Yes, I did study very hard last year but nobody study's that hard. To tell you the truth I was actually spending two to three hours studying and spending the rest of the time stressing over the test. Not very ideal, and not very fun either. I did get good grades obviously but that isn't the point.

The point is I was more unhappy than a teenager should be in high school and only realized I was over stressed after the exams. So I started thinking what to do about it other than just complaining about it and came up with a pretty good solution.

My solution came down to taking up a hobby of some sort. And since it was vacation luckily, I had a lot of time to think about it. My hobby was taking up art when we were at home and if we went away I turned to books.... This helped me more than you can imagine. During exams I banned myself from reading or else I wouldn't focus on studying but still kept to the arts. In all my summaries of the work there are a few sketches bringing the work to life.

I forgot about stress, and now I am still a book worm and a very talkative 'artist'. I know a few of you must be thinking that I could have spent some time with my friends, but the thing is we're both supposed to be studying and it's not something you can always turn to right before exams.