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  I’ve always been someone who keeps busy. I can still remember powering through colds while running a house with three little ones, a husband, a job, and an ever-growing list of after-school activities—coping just fine, or so it seemed. But somewhere along the way, that ship has sailed. These days, I find myself struggling to bounce back from things that would’ve barely made a dent before. This year alone, I’ve had the flu twice—once in December, and again in February. Both times I was completely wiped out. Still, I pushed through. I told myself it was the exams, the toddler’s sniffles, the teenagers' dramas. Surely not my body asking for rest—just life being life. Then, the warning signs came again. A little wheeze. A bit of breathlessness after walking the sausage dog. Nothing serious, I thought… until I heard strange rattling sounds in my chest, followed by coughing and dizziness. In typical dramatic fashion, I wondered if I was having a seizure. Once I calmed down, I reali...

  Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I present to you Exhibit A: my study area, which until yesterday resembled the aftermath of a legal textbook explosion at a coffee factory. After six weeks, a criminal Law exam, a presentation on Juries, a SWOT analysis on my future law career and SMART objectives, endless posters on criminal cases and Law and the State functions and approximately 97 mental breakdowns, I have officially completed my law exams for the year! Criminal Law, Law and the State, Legal Skills, and Legal System – all conquered (I hope) despite my part-time student juggling act. As tradition dictates, I've now entered that peculiar purgatory known to students everywhere – the post-exam limbo where you're simultaneously relieved it's over, terrified of what's to come, and confronted with the archaeological dig that was once your study space. The Great Note Migration This morning, I finally mustered the courage to tackle "The Pile." You know the one – t...

As I order a box file on eBay—to finally collect all my notes, revision posters, exam preparations, and essay plans—I realise that I have nothing left to do this academic year. Unless, of course, a resit appears on the horizon… but let’s stay positive. I chose the part-time route to study Law, knowing full well it would be a squeeze. My family life is busy, and I also work. And yet, even now, with no immediate deadlines, I find it hard to just be . I often wonder where this restlessness comes from—this guilt at the idea of doing nothing. I think it started when I was a teenager. My dad would call me lazy, relentlessly. I don’t believe I was any lazier than most teenagers, but he seemed to think I took far too much pleasure in simply having time to myself. My first coping mechanism was to look busy. I’d find activities that appeared productive—like studying. I’d copy notes, read lessons, and keep piles of paper around me, so if I was caught sitting, I could justify it. But that w...

  Time Constraint Assignment It’s funny how confident I felt about choosing my topic for the Criminal Law exam—and yet, when it comes to Law and the State , I feel completely unsure. With just one week left to decide, I find myself hesitating—not between two topics, but all of them. Unlike some of my fellow students (from what I’ve heard), Law and the State hasn’t been a favourite. But I wonder if it’s because of my age, or perhaps my background in government-sponsored media education, that I developed such a particular interest in this module. Maybe it’s because the lectures felt so grown up —proper, old-style sessions filled with rich content, delivered by lecturers who knew their topics inside out. They always seemed to have the right answer. Or maybe it’s my weird fascination with how systems function and how we all fit together in them. Perhaps it was even the quiet rebellion I felt as others grumbled through lectures I found so well prepared and genuinely engaging. Whatever ...