A letter from Apr 24, 2024

Time Travelled — 6 months

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, I feel like I can't breath. I think I might have bit off more than I can chew. My internship is done in a month. I'm not even close to being done with **** I need to do. I'll even have to start studying for the animal course soon, which will also be full time and pretty hardcore. Then, without taking any ******* breaks, I will be on a plane to Dublin. Which I haven't even booked yet. I have seriously outdone myself in terms of planning ngl. But alas. Its done and I just have to drag myself through it. I have so many experiments that I have to redo because they didn't work properly and I can't use them for my thesis. All in a months time. I'm going to CRY. There's just a mental breakdown waiting to happen, I can feel it :). I'm going to have to ask my supervisor for help soon. I don't like asking for help though. It's like I'm not capable of finishing my work. But I feel very stressed already. And supplies keep running low because people are incapable of ******* cleaning up after themselves or giving a **** about the lab inventory. I also have this ******* thesis and presentation. God why did I think this was a good ******* idea. I think I might have girl bossed a bit too close to the **** sun. I just wish I could ask if it all turns out okay. If I survived this. I cannot imagine everything goes smoothly. I still have all those grants that I haven't heard back from. Pretty sure I will get rejected from all of them. I should be ******* thankful I got the erasmus one. It's just very important to me that I don't have a public breakdown at work. If I have a breakdown, LET IT BE AFTER WORK OR AT HOME. I don't feel like having breakdowns in front of my supervisors. I managed to hold my own during almost 2 degrees. I will survive this. I know I will. And I know failing is not the worst thing in the world. But my brain is not listening to me right now. Gotta love having anxiety. At least I've come a long ******* way since high school. Panic attacks are few and far between. I hope my reply to this will be like, yeah some things didn't work out but that's okay. I hope I found my time in Dublin fun. I hope the animal course was not as **** as I expect it to be. I hope I finish this internship on a high note. You know what I got this. I ******* got this. My confidence is really all over the place right now. It'll be fine. I WILL GET THAT DEGREE. Please tell me it was fine and I'm over-reacting (I am).

Epilogue

about 5 hours later

First of all, you definitely did not overreact. It WAS a lot. You had to basically rewrite your thesis in the...

Eht emxa lmaain ofr cseuor week uyro seam as. Saw secour eht taburl. Teh rgndiu i itnlyedfei i nderwboak rrbeemme dha a havign ubt a dniurg rsuceo ttcaak enlatm ndto pinrestni,h ym pnica. Elalyr ti swa dahr. I ym ipdgsnne temi neyoedj asslc otuhgh thiw. Gdoo eelopp tyhe erew nad inegserttni. Fwe lrate i ym ikctet i a inhtk did kobo sady. It gedacnh dan 3 was cealledcn miets :). Ym ytxanei thta for saw eragt. Ot ghuhot did biudln i go. Dysa aevnigl wto dpekac erbeof eehyrtginv. Rfist ti ta grnseta asw. Qteiu oevmderhewl hatt stmlao teh rtfis i swa eekw tlfe so. Si evenr uor ituqe shoeu arylel. Ti i nad ogt hghtuo i ti to vdoel sedu. I nda eadlayr rmodfee smis god hatt tiuqe. Was pt)ar nad peloep to vloeyl ewre eth r(of neyeeovr mtso teagr teh so hreet tiwh wkro. Did ti ew. Ogt we that rgeeed. Ihtw meos ew usceor fhenisid uvveisrd leh,p the ew rpsnietnhi bluidn adn sdaeps hte ew. Sola gr,tan oen rhiis got na eno i thore. Leepdh ti. It gaetr aws. Eratg drah but. Aasywl ew ky nerdu maesttei sloseveur. Lasa tbu.

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