As the end of August looms closer, the time is coming. The time to pack up your car and haul away for a new school year. Whether it is your first or your last, there's a certain mix of emotions everyone will face as they stare down the list of items to bring to campus for the fall. Though Steven and the Crystal Gems won't be heading to campus anytime soon, they sure know how to express these 11 emotions coming your way.
1. Excitement
You realize it's almost time to go to school, which means it's time to start packing! It's so much fun to prepare for that life away from home with your roommate(s), friends and favorite professors!
2. Motivation
As you write lists, gather supplies and dust off storage bins, you feel energy in your veins as you dig out all of those things you bought to bring to campus.
3. Distraction
Maybe it's a picture or a note that you saved from last year or something you totally forgot existed, but as you dig through your life's belongings, you forgot you were packing and lost sight of all of those boxes.
4. Overwhelmed
After playing with random things you found, you sit on the floor with mountains and piles around you and realize it's quite a bit to go before you can actually move in.
5. Discouragement
You start to think that oh god, you won't have everything packed before move in day and then what's gonna happen? You don't want to know.
6. Apathy
You give up on packing and go play video games, watch TV or take a nap. Anything to avoid the mess you'd started.
7. Spitefulness
Maybe your parents yelled at you, a friend posted a picture of all of their packed belongings or you caught your second burst of energy, but you're ready to take another go at the rest of the packing to do before the fateful day arrives.
8. Contentment
Maybe you have your favorite playlist on or you just found your groove again, but you're in the zone and ready for school. Maybe it was buying those new pens or that cute planner, but everything is falling into place again!
9. Boredom
At this point, you're just bored with packing. You start to ignore the menial things. Did I pack toothbrushes? Meh, I can buy those at the campus bookstore.
10. Desperation
With so few days left and so little left to pack, you start to get desperate and either forget certain items or over pack to the extreme. Desperation suddenly came out of the woodwork.
11. Achievement
You did it! With enough belongings to get you to your home away from home, you're ready for move in day!
Packing for college puts you on a roller coaster of emotions. Now to just lug it all up the stairs and put it away again...
