Starting a new semester with a positive start.

"Its the journey that counts, not the destination"




Starting a new semester with a positive start. A rough ( and personal) comment on how to get back in shape, getting back the drive and determination to make every day of your life count, giving your best in everything you do, putting positive mindsets and minimizing negativity.

Looking back, its been a very rough journey that we have all experienced so far for the past 2 years. But in the end we still reached out destination and we are still alive. It has now come to a stage, where we are in the middle of nowehre, with no end in sight nor a begining to hold on to. We are now suffering a "war of attrition", where we are all drained and have no drive left to continue our remaining leg of the journey to the finishing line.

Expect this journey to be rougher than the last. 6 modules, with the worst schedule arrangement i have ever seen. There might be some lecturers that you hate, or some that you like, or some of you, who like none at all, who even detest the course completely from the very begining. Whatever it is i want to make a plea to please bear with me and the things around you that you hate, and make the journey together and make it through sucessfully and end the semester with a loud bang.

It would not be easy, but please do not be selfish and think if only you you you. We are all together in this, and i want to see each and everyone of you helping out each other and ease the burden of your fellow classmates.

If you are right here, right now, why give up at this very moment? Why even bother making the difficult journey only to give up in the middle? If you are keen in making it through, then make the first steps correctly.

Of lecturers and lessons.. There is only one favour i want to ask from you: Respect them and the lesson. You might hate them with all your heart and soul, but please repect them nevertheless. The last thing i want, is to see them storming out of the room or lecture theater, and seeing this, our class is to be blame for. So far we have a fairly good reputation, a reputation, that i do not want to see it tarnished.

Im not saying that we should be like robots and follow to the very core thier instructions and what not, but just give them a sensible amount of respect so that we can end the lesson without any hitches. Also, any assignments given, please do them promptly. They are already giving me and you enough trouble as to chase you to the very ends of this world. So why create that trouble for yourself? Just do it.

Why am i raising these issues? It is simply because these issues have cropped up, and i dont want to see them go out of hand.

Remember, it is the journey that counts, not the destination. If you are unwilling to reach the destination ( not suceeding for instance), dont even bother pulling your peers around you down as well. Hell, dont even bother making the journey in the first place. We are all in this together, not you only, but us, as a class, as a team, as a group, as a friend.

There are soo many ways where negativity can stop you, from whatever you are trying to do, but who is brooding over those negative thoughts? You. You are stopping youself. So reflect on that, and start thinking of ways where you can make the journey smoother.