So
recently I finished my first year university exams and they couldn’t have gone
any worse and it just got me thinking that maybe I’m scared of failure?
I
have always been a really confident person, things in my life have just made me
this way, I’ve been known to be quite opinionated and sometimes outspoken. I
did really well in my GCSE’s, I was in the top set for everything and I had
lots of friends.
Not
doing as well as I’d hoped in my A level exams has always played on my mind,
when it came round to university exams was feeling very stressed. My friend
from home suggested ‘Headspace’ cool website which teaches you to meditate-
sounds weird but don’t knock it until you’ve tried it! I signed up to a 10 day
free trial and I can honestly say it helped me a lot. I felt really silly at
first sitting by myself listening to a man tell me how to breath but honestly
it helped me get a much better nights sleep and I developed a calmer outlook on
my days. As a result I only failed one of my exams and looking back the exam
was just after I’d finished my 10 day meditation trial and I was no longer
meditating.
A
few weeks after my exams were over I saw a topic on Loose Women – a morning
chat show in the UK and they were talking about if meditation helped during
exams. This could be a coincidence but I believe that it did help me through
the stressful time. After the free trial you can carry on using the techniques
it’s taught you if you don’t want to pay for a subscription!
The
friend that recommended this website to me has a very busy schedule on a day to
day basis and has no time for himself, I guess ‘getting some Head space’ has
helped him not to feel stressed and uptight all of the time about his hectic
lifestyle.
I
also found that the podcasts on sleeping really helped. I was a bit sceptic at
first but gave it a try and before I knew it, I had woken up, it was morning,
the podcast had stopped and I had had the best nights sleep that I’d had for a
while.
It’s free, doesn’t take long and has helped loads of people,
so whether you’re a student or not, in work or not, maybe you’re just feeling
agitated at life, GIVE IT A GO!
It makes student sense.
Love, Miss Indecisive xx
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