Overthinking About My Missing Script

Normally, I don't bother myself so much about things because I know that the outcome of life is not entirely dependent on our actions. This doesn't mean that I don't do my best. As a matter of fact I believe in doing your best but I don't push myself to limits. Once I put in my best then that's it. What will be will be.

So being a laid back person, things may seem serious while I appear not to take it so. Simply because I would have weighed the situation and decided the adequate effort required to scale through the challenge and that's the effort I will put.

I believe say "overthinking no fit solve problem" as we say in our pidgin English.

One scenario that I remember which tested my resolve to be laid back was in my second year of university when I finished writing an exam but when the result came out, I noticed that one of my scripts was not marked.

This course had three components and while writing the exam, the answer script was not enough and so I wrote the no 3 on a separate sheet.
When I was done, I told the examiner to permit me to get my stapler cos I came prepared for that exam and I knew I would be needing extra sheet. The stapler was in my bag which we were not allowed to enter the hall with but it was just at the door. The examiner refused, saying he will do it himself.

I believed him and left only to see the result and noticed that my no 3 column was empty meaning it was not marked. That means that invigilator did not do as he promised.

Imagine having one whole number empty. It gave me a very low score and threatened my passing the examination as a whole.
I was worried, what do I do? Should I just work harder and cover up the deficit? What if it affects me in the end?

I worried about this for some days before I decided to take the bull by the horn, I went and met the exam officer of the course and explained my situation. He said I should put it in writing, so I did that.

Then came the stress, come today, come tomorrow. I later got tired of the incessant visits cos valuable time was being wasted. I could have used that time to read more topics.
So I stopped going to follow up the letter but to use my time and read my books.

In the end, I couldn't find out if any thing was changed but I passed the main exams and so it didn't matter again whether I passed that one or not.
But that period threatened to bring out the overthinking part of me but somehow I overcame.

I also learnt to not abandon my affairs for people just like that because they promised. Now, I follow up my issues personally to avoid stories like that.