I prepared this tea early morning before the exam today. Please note, name means in English “Clear head” or “Calm head”, and well me, as an overthinker, needed this en route to University.
The travel wasn’t much helping. Usually it tooks about 35 minutes by train, sometimes less, sometimes more, depends on category of the train. But 35 minutes are safe bet.
NOT TODAY! We had a faulty locomotive and we stayed in middle of the route for 20 minutes. At first, I was afraid that we hit someone (pretty much common thing here, unfortunately). But no, the acceleration was too low. (I am a train-fan too)
Hmm, the train in front of us hit someone. Possible. After 10 minutes of nothing, I started to be nervous. Being late for exams isn’t great. I decided to write my teacher, what I shall do. If I should join other group (we can do exams in 9 students group maximum, as Covid-measures). Or what… No information from train crew, nor train-company app. Weird, if accident happened, it would send a notification.
I have nervously send the email. I took my laptop with me, as I wanted to check a few problems I wasn’t really sure about. And since I have sent the email, we were back en route! Yaay! I had to take the trolleybus, while I wanted to go on foot, but whatever. I was in the University just in time. I could not worry at all while waiting, as I was waiting too short.
The tea HELPED ME a lot. Among prayers. I was nervous, but not with a panic, which was certainly a good thing. I chose a seat near the middle of the classroom, which isn’t the best place for cheating but I didn’t wanted to cheat at all. Maybe it was a better thing for me, as I just could not and wasn’t nervous I get caught if I want to cheat.
I looked on the exam and again, no panic. “Okay Martin, this is something you solved x-times, not a big deal.” "This is clear, it must be this way, or that way?
Of course, I was nervous, but not with panic attack saying “You have seen this, why you don’t know how to solve it, you dumbass?”
This tea HELPS. And apparently, being panic-free caused that I HAVE PASSED THE EXAM.
Of the taste profile, read derk’s note. Yes, it’s awfully sweet with herbal undertone. I have even sweetened it with teaspoon of honey, as I needed to raise blood sugar in the morning. And I took a breakfast which is extraordinary for me as well. I have to thank Fabiana for this tea as well. It’s not tasty, but works.
Flavors: Herbaceous, Licorice, Sweet
Preparation
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Wow! I would have been a basket case if I had encountered that kind of delay. It’s fantastic to hear how you handled your anxiety and good to know this tea helped you! I was praying for you this morning.
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about 6 hours ago
Oh, I might need to find out what is in this tea! Ha ha!
That must have been nerve-wracking yet look how well you handled it! And it is just going to get better and better! I am so, so glad you did not have feelings of panic. They are MISERABLE.
White Antlers I would love to know why I wasn’t making a big deal from it. Like… “it just happens”. I was surprised myself, I just kept studying on board of train.
ashmanra: Licorice, Eleutherococcus senticosus, Ginger, Black Pepper, Yerba Mate, Cinnamon, Guarana, Basil.
Quite a crazy combo, indeed.
I’m so glad to hear you passed the exam after such an adventure! It’s always at exam times this happens — one morning for a big histology exam my car decided to lock me out, while it was running! It took some frantic calls to Honda, but eventually I got into my car, only to have it be stuck in the snow and not be able to drive…I did manage to run into the exam just on time, but I was a frazzled mess!
Wow! I would have been a basket case if I had encountered that kind of delay. It’s fantastic to hear how you handled your anxiety and good to know this tea helped you! I was praying for you this morning.
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about 6 hours ago
Oh, I might need to find out what is in this tea! Ha ha!
That must have been nerve-wracking yet look how well you handled it! And it is just going to get better and better! I am so, so glad you did not have feelings of panic. They are MISERABLE.
White Antlers I would love to know why I wasn’t making a big deal from it. Like… “it just happens”. I was surprised myself, I just kept studying on board of train.
ashmanra: Licorice, Eleutherococcus senticosus, Ginger, Black Pepper, Yerba Mate, Cinnamon, Guarana, Basil.
Quite a crazy combo, indeed.
What an adventure! And good for you on the exam!
I’m so glad to hear you passed the exam after such an adventure! It’s always at exam times this happens — one morning for a big histology exam my car decided to lock me out, while it was running! It took some frantic calls to Honda, but eventually I got into my car, only to have it be stuck in the snow and not be able to drive…I did manage to run into the exam just on time, but I was a frazzled mess!
I’m glad you passed your exam! I definitely would have been panicking under those conditions, so it’s great that you were able to stay calm.