#hot tip!

YOUR BAD GRADE/S WILL NOT BE A CATASTROPHE OUT HERE!!!

Employers might want you to have that piece of paper, but many of them don't look very closely at it - and don't even notice the grades you got. You can highlight good grades, but it's easy to gloss over one bad grade (or even consistent marks that don't look so hot).

It's other things - like your experience, your extracurriculur activities, your ability to demonstrate how you apply the skills or theory you learned to the job you want - that's what an employer wants to see. Despite what you may be told - 99% of the time, no one is going to interrogate you in a job interview and ask why you got poor grades that one semester.

So, it'll be okay. Just breathe, do your best and don't harm your wellbeing worrying about the future and how this assessment or test could damage your whole future. It's a little setback, not a life-altering calamity.

It's ok. I've got you. Try and do one or two self care tasks for yourself. I like to brush my teeth and spray on a little deodorant. It's not a lot of effort, but it makes me feel just that wee bit fresher. Changing the sheets and/or having a shower is nice, if you can manage it. Your environment does affect your mood.

Patting an animal releases endorphins. If you don't have a pet, maybe you have a friend who can bring one to you. My friend just goes to the dog park. She has no dog, but no one thinks she's weird.

If you are able, it's ok to hide in bed. Try to do your best to look after yourself - remember to eat at least something. Stay hydrated. You can try the world outside again tomorrow.

After months of gently and clearly stating the problem to him, my supervisor finally listened to me today and helped me! Now I'm gonna be able to meet my deadline and I won't get a mark on my record just for being unlucky. SUUUPER relieved.

Just wanted you to hear about it because your posts have always been on my side. I appreciate you very much.

Thank you.

THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!

Well done to you for perservering under what sounds like incredibly frustrating circumstances! I'm so glad to hear that it paid off, but I also want to acknowledge that it should not have taken that long and you shouldn't have had to keep at it for months to get a result. Any frustration or anger you feel about that is absolutely justified.

If your only feeling is relief, and you're not mad about it, that is also completely valid! It's great that it's all worked out well.

Extra Hot Tip: Write a few paragraphs about this - what you did and how it was resolved, and save it somewhere on your computer - wherever you keep your resume or whatever else. In a job interview in the future, you're going to be asked "Tell us about a time you encountered a problem at work and how you resolved it" or "Tell us about when you had a conflict at work". So having a quick reread of this story before you go on a job interview will be good prep - it's one of the MOST common questions asked and so having it stored up and ready in your back pocket is actually really great.

(You might already know all of this, of course, but maybe not!)

So glad to hear everything has worked out, you fabulous Career Cobra!!! All the best!

JUST COS YOU’RE A TITANIUM FUCKING POWER COBRA, DOESN’T MEAN YOU NEVER NEED A BREAK!!! IF YOU OVERDO IT, YOU’RE STILL THE SAME FUCKING COBRA - IN FACT, YOU’RE EVEN MORE OF A BADASS, COS NOW YOU KNOW YOUR FUCKING LIMITS AND THAT’S POWERFUL AS HECK!!!

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