It's that time of year again. You are probably reading this list, among a million others, on your "study break"... Which starts us off with our first point.
1. Your "study breaks" are supposed to only be 10 minutes. You accidentally spent an hour watching cat videos on YouTube, laughing at memes, or whatever it is that the Cool Kids do today.
2. Sleep is a mythical creature that rivals the nonexistence of unicorns.
3. Instead of studying, you calculate how much you can afford to lose on your final exam and still pass the class. You have the method down to a science.
4. The library is supposed to be quiet. There are too many people for it to be quiet.
5. That stench isn't body odor. Instead, it is the smell of young adult desperation and tears.
7. You joke with your friends about your impending doom, because self-deprecating humor is the only way you know how to cope.
8. The "treat yourself" mentality runs rampant.
9. If you get hurt, you will bleed coffee.
10. Speaking of coffee, the barista memorized your order, and knows better than to ask if you are okay.
11. You look over your material from the beginning of the semester, and none of it is familiar. Shout-out to cumulative exams!
12. "So how many finals do you have?"
13. "How did you do?"
14. "When are you heading home?"
15. You try to romanticize staying up late, working hard, and studying with dedication. You don't buy into the ideas, though.
16. You debate stepping out in front of cars, because that would be a kinder fate.
17. You count down the days until you can return home.
18. You laugh at high school seniors struggling with "senior-itis". They have no idea. (Okay, but seriously, high school senior-itis is tough, too.)
19. You act like dropping out is an option (although, you know it isn't).
20. You know you are going to survive. You're just overdramatic and self-deprecating (I am too).
Get back to studying, champ. You got this.