How to Survive Group Projects

Oh dear…You’ve been assigned a group project.
You didn’t ask for this. You didn’t summon it.
And yet here it is—like a cursed relic from the Hall of Bad Decisions.

STEP 1: Accept That You Are Now a Manager

No one will read the instructions.
No one will meet the deadline.
Someone will say, “Wait, we had homework?” five minutes before the presentation.

Congratulations. You are now the project lead.
(Or the emotional support skull. Same vibe.)

Pep Talk from Tariq (Certified Chaos Magnet, Shadow Strategist, Big Brother with Opinions):

Here’s the deal: you’re allowed to have awful days.
Days where the best you can do is show up looking like a chaos gremlin with unbrushed hair and survival-level vibes.
You’re allowed to be mad, tired, lost, petty, unproductive, or one dropped pen away from losing it entirely.
You don’t have to be a hero today.

You just have to hold the line.

Pep Talk from Grannis (Resident Soft Threat, Quilter of Confidence): That doubt in your head needs to hush up.

A Pep Talk from Marge (Certified Reaper, Anxiety Wrestler, Blanket Burrito Champion):
for days when anxiety is taking over.

A pep talk for when you feel more invisible than a skull someone turned into a door stop

A pep talk from Tariq.

Okay. Whoa. You’re freaking out. That’s fair.

You’re standing knee-deep in doom soup, the sky’s doing that weird flickery thing again, and you probably just found out your name popped up on Lady Death’s list. I get it. I've been there. Twice before breakfast. I am a reaper after all.

But hey—breathe. You’re not toast yet.