As I'm writing this I currently am on stage 7. We've all been there, when you have 3 midterms in the span of 5 days. These are the stages of midterm week.
1. The calm before the storm.
This is the two or three weeks in which everything seems all sunshine and rainbows. You think wow, I'm loving life. Not a care in the world.
2. The storms a coming.
This is when you start realizing you should be studying, instead of starting up a new series on Netflix; but you ignore that voice and go ahead and binge anyways. You justify to yourself that no one started to study, why should you?
3. FOSI (Fear of Staying In)
Now this one is like the last one, except now, all your friends have started their multicolored review sheets while you're still on the dancefloor because one more dance won't hurt, right?
4. The storm's here.
So you cave in and start studying, too bad while you were studying all your friends have reviewed already and your lagging behind. Also, it hits you that there aren't enough hours of the day.
5. Coffee isn't an option anymore. It's a lifeline.
The amount of times you go to Starbucks is sad. At this point your barista knows you.
6. What is sleep?
At this point, you've fallen asleep legit everywhere; on the way to get coffee, in class, on your laptop, on the couch in the library, the floor. Basically everywhere but your bed, because you don't have enough time to have 8 hours of sleep.
7. The eye of the hurricane.
Here it is. The exam you've been studying for what seems like forever. But you can't celebrate yet, bb, you still got at least two more exams to take. NO BREAKS! As soon as you finish one exam you start studying for the next.
8. This is the time for the strong-willed.
YOU'RE ALMOST THERE!! JUST ONE MORE LEFT. You can tasssssste the freedom. Don't give up just yet. You've gotten this far.
9. PARTAYYY!
YOU DID IT!! You can celebrate now. Throw those practice tests out, you never need to look at another index card ever again!
10. Reunited with your one true love: your bed.
You now can sleep to your heart's content.
11. Blackboard Blowup
May the curve be in your favor.
All gifs aside I really do wish all of you luck in whichever midterm/finals you have. You've got this!!
Love,
Your resident humanoid.
