Assignment 19 - Grace Barnett

A couple years ago, I had taken an important test and it was the first time that I had felt like I had completely bombed a test and I was so angry at myself. I got home and I was angry and disappointed in myself for the remainder of the day and that is when my parents pulled me over and told me frankly that there was nothing that I could do about it now and that it was pointless to stress about it. I know that does not sound like life-altering advice and it seems like common sense but it helps when I get worked up over the little things. I tend to worry a lot about the mistakes I have made in the past, and as minuscule as they might be, I still fret over their effects on me and I play the “What if?” game quite a lot. But their advice helps to center me and bring me back down from my anxiety and it just grounds me.