It’s the most dreaded part of the entire semester: finals. The library is packed, the wifi is slower than ever and Starbucks has never seen so much business. With everybody in panic mode, it’s easy to get wrapped up in all the stress. Although nobody says it out loud, you know everybody is thinking the same thing: considering I might possibly flunk out of college, what is my back up plan? A college degree is really the ultimate goal here, but it’s times like these when we realize that a degree may not be in the cards for us. We can spend hours in the library, but there are only so many all-nighters we can take before insanity kicks in. Before the mental breakdown really settles in, don’t panic just yet. There are many alternatives out there that require little talent or ability, and will definitely pay the bills. Here’s a list of 20 jobs that you have to look forward to if your GPA doesn’t quite reach what you were praying for.
1. Furniture tester – get paid to be a couch potato.
2. Professional sleeper – get paid to exist.
3. Stanley Cup keeper – watch over the most coveted
trophy while pretending like you’re actually athletic.
4. Resort water slide tester – get paid to travel to
hotels around the world and test their water slides.
5. Panda nanny – get paid to play with pandas all
day.
6. Mattress jumper – for all those times your mom
made you stop. 
7. Ice cream tester – as long as diabetes doesn’t
bother you. 
8. Location scout – get paid to travel around the
world and scope out locations for movie scenes.
9. Personal Ferrari buyer – the closet you’ll ever
get to a really nice car.
10. Video
game tester – those anti-social hours spent playing Grand Theft Auto are finally
paying off.
11. Pet
masseuse – borderline creepy, but you also get to play with dogs all day.
12. Fortune
cookie writer – there’s probably free Panda Express that comes along with this.
13. Island
caretaker – the ideal version of "Cast Away."
14. Bed
Warmer – the perfect mix between furniture tester and professional sleeper.
15. People
Pusher – an aggressive way of getting everybody onto the busy trains in places
like China.
16. Netflix
Tagger/Watcher – get paid to watch TV all day. 
17. Gumologist – for those people that are literally always chewing gum.
18. Mega
party guy – get paid millions of dollars to throw major parties for celebrities.
19. Nail
polish namer – maybe invest in a thesaurus because there is only so many ways to
say “red.” 
20. Champagne
tester – this one really speaks for itself.
This is just a small list of the endless possibilities out there. There’s so much potential to make a living from doing, from the least amount of work possible. Even though your finals may be testing your sanity right now, don’t forget that there is only so much riding on these tests. Last time I checked, you don’t need to be a genius to sleep for a living.
