Hell Week

Hell week is a term that my friends and I have created to express some of the most stressful weeks of the school year. Have you ever had a week where there was at least 3 or 4 exams to do? Well, that my friend is what I call hell week.

Photo credited to Roman Leinwather

The stress of having to place your entire future into the hands of an exam is scary. So, scary in fact that the chaos that is going on in your head begins to show to the outside world. For the most part, the room 116 Brumbaugh was extremely clean; until a stress week appeared that is.

There was once a time in which we each had our hell week consecutively over the course of a month. The importance of this timeframe lies in the way the room would slowly become a mess that we never saw before. I don't know about you, but I legitimately cannot think when my room is in shambles. However, this was one of the times I figured it to be best that I stay out of the room so that everyone can focus on what's important, i.e their exams, and not have to add another burden to shoulders of those going through hell week.

Photo credited to David Feltkamp

I think that was one of the biggest lessons I learned with my roommates: the ability to understand something that someone else is going trough and to help them with it. Though I may not have been helping them directly in regards to their exam, I certainly helped by not creating another thing for them to worry about.

The ability to understand where another person is coming from in regards to what's happening in their life is important. It is a skill that all people should learn to posses because it helps when you actually need to ask that person a favor or to do something. Asking at the right moment, and waiting for them to get through a difficult time, not only gets you what you want but it helps them. At the end of the day, everyone has a weight to carry. So, why would you attempt to make the weight even heavier?

Photo credited to Britt-knee

If you are unsure of how to be considerate to another person's schedule or life think of what you would like if it were you in their shoes. It's so happens that the first week of hell weeks was mine which made the mess of the room extremely unbearable after a certain point in time. That is why as we were rearing the last hell week of the room, I cleaned the entire room. That's right, I did more than just my section of the room and helped everyone else out. While the action was small it helped to bring a smile to each of my roommates face; which brought me joy. Even in the midst of one of the most crucial times of the year, we managed to find the time to be joyful.