Exhausted from college finals with mental health struggles? If you're hopelessly burnt out, sleep-deprived, considering taking a term off, filing for an incomplete, panicking because your grades are precariously close to failing the class, or returning to finish a degree after time off, today's episode is all for you because I’ve been through all of that and I understand all too well. (This is Part 1 of my special college series where I'm here to bring you comforting, cozy episodes daily through 12/11/20 to encourage you through final exam week. The blend of gentle encouragement & practical advice in this series comes from my "lovely" experience as a recent graduate who managed to earn my 3 college degrees by age 20 despite struggling profoundly with my mental health)
***Edit/Important note: Audio quality in this past episode was due to an old mic, but the quality is much now better with my new mic from episodes 19 and up (Thank goodness)! Thank you for your understanding & support as the podcast improves!
In this first episode in the series, I'll share how to establish a healthy mindset/healthy academic boundaries during finals week, how to effectively communicate with your professors or advisors to let them know when you’re struggling, and how to ask for support in a way that can ease stress while making final exams week more manageable.
My college background: I graduated from Santa Clara University with a Bachelor’s in Finance and Bachelor’s in Spanish Studies(Double major). I painfully learned the hard way how to manage mental health in college while I consistently overloaded credits & did several quarters in a row of 24 or 25 credit overload (the official minimum at my uni was only 12 credits) & took summer classes as well (0/10 would not recommend that overload. Bad yelp review haha). This is in addition to my community college journey that I began at age 15 while in high school and graduated with my Associate’s degree in Business at age 17. I share this so you know that I actually walked the walk, so I’m not just talking the talk!
I genuinely hope that the insight I share in this series can save you from a lot of tumultuous 2 ams crying into your college textbooks (I had plenty of those)! Please be gentle with yourself & if you need more encouragement/resources to support you through finals, come back for Part 2 tomorrow! <3
If you know a fellow student who is struggling and could use some encouragement, it would mean a lot to me if you could send this episode link to them so we can support and uplift each other!
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-Kyarra Keele <3