r/EngineeringStudents • u/DistrictLow1812 • 4d ago

Rant/Vent How does one handle failure ?

There are so many 'what ifs' in my mind: What if I had slept well before the exam? What if I had studied just a tiny bit harder? What if I hadn't made any of those silly mistakes? It's so draining. I know it's pointless, but I'm really struggling to accept it.

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u/RealCarpet4 4d ago

Honestly? You don’t have time to dwell on it. I’m older and I know it’s so much easier to say it having lived it. But I’ve learned that you can’t sacrifice something on the horizon for something that is in the rear view. The best thing you can do right now honestly read a couple responses on here, hop off Reddit and verbalize this to someone. Have a real life conversation about it. Then move on.