This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Columbia Barnard chapter.
March can be a rough month. Living in NYC right now is no picnic; one day you will be teased with the possibility of 50-degree weather, ice cream, and sundresses, only to be let down by a foot of snow and a 2-degree windchill the next day. Not to mention, midterms are in full swing. If you’re not in the library ’til 5 am, you are spending the time cranking out papers under your covers. What gives?
Fortunately for you, there is one woman who has all the solutions. She may not be a Barnard alum, but she sure exudes all of the strength and beauty it takes to be one. You must have guessed by now that I am talking about Beyoncé. On those days that you feel like the world is on your shoulders, sit back, relax, and take a minute to look at the different pieces of advice queen Bey has to offer.
When you get a “meh” grade on a paper you slaved away on for a week, just go…
You just finished an exhausting multiple choice exam, where there were a lot of “both a and c” or “none of these are correct” types of questions. It may not have gone great, but you DID it! Look at your hard work and go:
It’s hard to feel confident in the cold weather. Your skin is always dry and and you’re covered by mountains of layers. But just take the cold weather with ease, like the queen herself:
When you can barely keep your eyes open to study anymore, just sleep! Your body is telling you something.
When you can’t find the right word to use in your blue-book essay, think to yourself:
Follow all of these steps and you will cruise through midterm week. People might ask you your secret to success, to which you can just shrug and reply “I woke up like this.”
(Just one more Bey for good luck!)