The deep, dark abyss that is finals week looms ominously in the distance.
The lackadaisical among us may hide in warm beds, watching re-runs of “A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila“, munching on snacks bought up with excess end-of-the-semester Dining Dollars, while others move into Van Pelt, hibernating in study cubicles, feverishly copying notes and creating outlines.
What to do when those grades don’t turn out as expected? Well, an article published yesterday in The New York Times calls this type of obsession over perfectionism self-destructive and potentially damaging to mental health.
The article states new studies “suggest that perfectionism is a valuable lens through which to understand a variety of seemingly unrelated mental difficulties, from depression to compulsive behavior to addiction.” Oops. So I guess meticulously organizing my flashcards in both chronological and alphabetical order, color coded and labeled, might be an indication that something else is, say … off?
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