10 Thoughts Every College Senior Has When Pulling An All-Nighter
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10 Thoughts Every College Senior Has When Pulling An All-Nighter

Staying up is not as easy as it used to be.

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10 Thoughts Every College Senior Has When Pulling An All-Nighter
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It's 4:45 AM, and the only thing keeping you going is the caffeine coursing through your veins from the coffee you forced yourself to drink far too late into the night. So many thoughts are racing through your head keeping you from a productive all-nighter.

1. I could really use a nap.

You've been up since 8:30 the morning prior and you're not allowed to sleep because you have to get your assignments done. Nothing is more enticing than "closing your eyes for just a sec" at this point.

2. If I eat right now, is it considered breakfast?

Your whole schedule is ruined. Your stomach is telling you it's time for breakfast, but your head is telling you you're stupid for staying up and it feels wrong to watch the sun rise like this. Since sleep is out of the question, you snack on anything that will keep you going.

3. Why did I make my last semester so difficult?

Seriously, you're not sure what you were thinking leaving physics and a bunch of labs right before graduation. You decide that the true issue is that you didn't think at all.

4. I hope graduation is still possible.

You're seriously debating sleep over homework, but that means passing vs failing because you have to get your work done in order to make the right grades to graduate. You know you have to power through.

5. This can't be healthy.

Less sleep means lower immune system and lower immune system means getting sick when you least want it. You can't afford to get sick and miss class, but you have no choice but to risk it by staying up all night.

6. How did I manage all-nighters in the past?

Suddenly you feel like you're 80 years old and you can't keep up with the young-ins that stay up until the crack of dawn. All-nighters used to be your thing, and now you can barely function halfway through one of them. Speaking of feeling like a senior citizen...

7. The senioritis is too real.

All you want to do is get your life started. You're not sure how much more homework and pointless lectures you can handle.

8. Pull it together!

You have to get these assignments done! You have only one more month until graduation. Your life depends on this night. Give yourself whatever pep talk is necessary it takes to keep you going.

9. Sleep is for the weak.

You're going to get those assignments done. You don't need sleep. You can sleep when you graduate. You're going to get such good grades. You're unstoppable like Superman. You don't need to waste your time on ordinary tasks like sleeping. Where's the fun in that?

10. ZzzZ

Oh no! You dozed off. Back to work!!


You've got it, grad-to-be! Deal with the all-nighters just a little longer and it will all be worth it when you get to rock your cap and gown.

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