Well from my own life reflections I can say that this kind of situations happened a lot and one major stand out in my life which I want to talk about now is my Ex-Imagination Day for my university which took place like four years ago. I was just graduated from high school, 16-17 years old, teenage girl and I was also being so ambitious about university. I prepared diligently for two years, and worked very hard, but I was so nervous when the day of the exam appealed, because the exam was in the early morning, six o’clock, but we had like huge considerable distance from my home to the exam place and I had to wake up at 4 and 13 in the morning because if I let it in 5 minutes I know I couldn’t enter the exam. This was kind of strict and jazzy of the exam place. So I prepared my clothes, the example in order to guarantee my sleep and clear mind. My phone was not working properly so I asked my mother to assist me to wake up me in the morning. They come out, I prepared myself, but I was hesitating so much, but my family members were there for me, they helped me to support, to make me believe to myself, Even my grandmother offered me some cookies to eat during the exam and it was so sweet of her. But I was so like, hesitating and feeling kind of strange. I couldn’t eat anything so I went to the exam. I’m just calm and sleepy. And this time I understand that I’m not someone who can wake up in the morning. And it also helped me to realize, well, I was never a morning person. I need to have a proper sleep until 8 or at least 7 o’clock, and this time was the exact instance of my life.
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Well, from my own life reflections, I can say that this kind of situation happened a lot, and one major standout in my life, which I want to talk about now, is my Ex-Imagination Day for my university, which took place about four years ago. I had just graduated from high school, 16 or 17 years old, a teenage girl, and I was very ambitious about university. I prepared diligently for two years and worked very hard, but I was so nervous when the day of the exam appeared because the exam was in the early morning, at six o'clock. We had a considerable distance from my home to the exam location, and I had to wake up at 4:13 in the morning because if I left even five minutes late, I knew I couldn't enter the exam. This was quite strict at the exam location. So, I prepared my clothes the night before to guarantee my sleep and clear mind. My phone was not working properly, so I asked my mother to assist me in waking up in the morning. I got up, prepared myself, but I was hesitating so much. My family members were there for me; they helped support me and make me believe in myself. Even my grandmother offered me some cookies to eat during the exam, and it was so sweet of her. But I was still hesitating and feeling kind of strange. I couldn't eat anything, so I went to the exam feeling calm and sleepy. At that time, I realized that I'm not someone who can wake up early in the morning. It also helped me understand that I was never a morning person. I need to have proper sleep until at least 7 or 8 o'clock, and this was the exact instance in my life.
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