Dealing with exams and other obligations

For the past few weeks I have been bombed with a lot of exams that were piling up since October last year. Of course I didn't get things done on time, and delayed them as much as possible and at the end, I couldn't handle it. A part of me thinks that perhaps I'm just not a scholar person, that this college life perhaps isn't for me and I would be better off starting work, at least I never had a problem with working, and in fact had the same job as a barista for about 6 years, which says a lot about my work ethics, I believe? 

But real life isn't exactly all sunshine and unicorns, there are bills that have to be paid by you from now on, laundry to be washed and the flat to be tidied up (though we all have those days when everything is just a mess, right?), and the student life brings some good perks to the table, when you decide to properly think about it. I'm not sure whether or not I will pass this year, and I'm starting to become more and more okay with the idea that I would have to repeat the year. If nothing else I learned to get my head deep into those books, a little too late but it is still a lesson learned, and better late than never, or so I've been told. My advice to anyone struggling with the same thing — or similar — is that keep in mind that those bad things, those late night study sessions that you had to go through, they all teach us a lesson here and there. Perhaps you found out that college is definitely not something that suits you, and you find yourself more comfortable in the working shoes, with all those bills to pay. Whatever floats your boat, the important thing is that you try and figure out what suits you best. 

I, personally, am not too certain. Even if I don't manage to pass this year, I will take all the lessons that I learned with me onto the next year. It may be the same first year of college, but it won't be at all similar because I learned my lesson. At least one of them, that is. 

Think for yourself, don't let your parents or anyone else dictate your life choices. However, do take into considerations their advices, as perhaps they know a little bit better, perhaps they don't. Just take it into consideration, that would be the ultimate advice I would give myself if I could turn back time, as Cher would say. 

Are you a college person or a work person? What are your thoughts on repeating a year?