'Tis the season to be depressed that finals week is approaching. It’s during this time of year when students are stressed and procrastinate the most. Students begin studying for six or more finals only three or four days prior to the exam. Because of this, some students are stressed and study for hours in order to maintain their borderline A average, while others choose not to study because they just don't care. It goes both ways.
Finals are always known to be energy-draining due to the fact that students sit in a classroom for two hours per exam. In fact, sometimes students find that on the final exam there are things that teachers have never taught them throughout the semester. It sucks, but nothing can be done. We work hard to get the grade we want in order to maintain or to hopefully boost our grade up before the semester ends.
To all the students out there who are stressing about their grades and wish to do well on their finals, here are some things you should definitely avoid doing close to your finals week.
1. Take a "30 minute nap."
Don't you even dare. That "30 minute nap" always ends up becoming a three hour nap.
2. Take a "five minute break."
That "5 minute break" turns into an hour's worth of scrolling through the internet.
3. Go out with your friends for "a few hours."
With your friends, hanging out is never just a few hours. You always end up hanging out for one more hour and then another and another.
4. Pull an all-nighter.
You'll end up being too tired to even take your exam the next day. All-nighters is something I have never done before in my entire life.
5. Eat for two hours while watching tv.
Stress-eating is never the answer.6. Text your friends about random things NOT finals related.
Texting and friends are two things you never want to mix together; you will be texting nonstop for hours.
7. Play with your dog for hours.
Dogs are too cute to say goodbye to. Once you get up to leave, your dog looks at you with those sad puppy eyes that almost makes it hard to leave.
8. Start studying at 9 p/m/
Studying late always leads to a stressed out student. Then a stressed out student leads to crying.
9. Not study
The worst thing you can ever do is to not study. Not studying always results in a terrible bad grade.
10. Think about your crush.
Don't even think about your crush. That is the number one way to get distracted from your study time.
11. Go on Netflix.
I'll just watch 10 minutes of this episode. Actually, I'll just watch just one episode. Well, maybe just another episode...*6 hours later and a sunrise later*
Eh, might as well finish the season.
12. Go through the explore page on Instagram.
This is such a never ending process. You find yourself watching several makeup videos to funny videos to dog videos.13. Go on Youtube.
A place where there is an unlimited number of videos to watch that can be as long as 24 hours? What a great way to spend my time reserved for studying!
14. Not worry or care about your finals
Do not ever have this mindset during finals week. It will ruin your grade.
15. Stalk people who you haven't talked to in a while on Facebook.
I'll just look at this person's profile for just a few minutes... Oh. It's been two hours?
16. Teach yourself a dance or song.
It always takes me three hours just to learn a full dance. That means I have three hours less to study. Unless your final is dance. In that case, please continue.
17. Say you'll study in an hour.
You always end up pushing your study farther and farther. Never a good thing to do.
18. Look through all of your past diaries.
Who doesn't love reading about their lives in the past instead of studying?
19. Stalk all of your celebrity crushes and wish that you were dating them.
Why does KJ Apa look so good in this picture? I wish I could date him...
20. Reorganize your room or study area.
My room looks a little messy... I think I'll clean up my room instead of studying!
21. Stare at the wall or ceiling for hours.
I refuse to study. I refuse to study. I refuse to study.
22. Take extremely random quizzes online.
Let's take this quiz to see what my celebrity crush is by picking out my order at McDonalds...
23. Plan out your winter break plans.
I'll go to Florida and meet up with my friends to hang out. We can ride the rollercoasters, and we can go out and eat pretzels and...
24. Create a winter holiday playlist to listen to when you're on your trip during winter break.
I'll pick this song and then this song. I also love this song too.
25. Study for only 30 minutes.
I'll study for only 30 minutes so I can go on my phone and watch a bunch of videos!
