27 Things I SAY I'll Do This School Year, But Actually Won't
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27 Things I SAY I'll Do This School Year, But Actually Won't

New (School) Year's resolutions.

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27 Things I SAY I'll Do This School Year, But Actually Won't
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1. Get in shape

Sara: So many plans to go to the rec

Tessa: I'm not at the planning stage yet. I'm at the "watch Wonder Woman for fitspo" stage.

2. Stick to a budget

S: Why is it that it's always blown in target?

T: Shopping in the dollar section does not count as a budget.

3. Study more

S: Time spent in Bruno and Gorgas is less than time spent napping

T: This is the year I stop using my desk as a vanity.

4. Nap less

T: Naps are supposed to be around 30-45 min. Falling asleep after class ends at 4 and waking up at 10 PM is not a nap. It's a coma.

S: Napping is easy in my comfy bed, school is hard in the uncomfortable chairs.

5. Have a clean apartment

S: It's so much easier to just have a dirty floor

T: It's organized! I know where everything is. It's all in the massive pile on that chair.

6. Stop spending all my dining dollars on Domino's pizza

T: That cheesy bread, tho.

S: You can tip through dining dollars too, delivered to door

7. Take stuff because it's free

S: Looking at you health club

T: I need those freebies because as Macklemore said, "Yo, that's fifty dollars for a T-shirt."

8. Stop crying in public

S: Sometimes the Ferg is the place you break down, and that is okay (sort of)

T: Cry at your roommate and maybe she'll buy you Domino's.

9. Stop getting attached to boys I shouldn't

T: But Brad from Apple Pi is my soulmate.

S: One text at a late hour, from Garrett in I Tappa Keg, does not make him interested in you

10. Take themes to extremes

S: Glitter does not equal a space theme costume Katie

T: And flannels do not make you a cowboy.

11. Stop using all my absences the first month

S: The weather: too hot, too cold, too rainy, too humid, etc.

T: Hangovers are not an illness.

12. Keep up with dates

S: Why do I buy a planner every year to carry around and never use

T: What do you mean that paper is due tomorrow?

13. Get more involved

S: Get on board day does me dirty, whole lot of emails. not a whole lot of commitment.

T: Is there a club for people who watch Netflix in bed?

14. Take adequate care of my body

S: Seems like I end up at the SHC every semester

T: Emergen-C and 8 glasses of water is my new mantra.

15. Walk more

T: And stop asking my friends if my butt looks good after walking for 10 minutes.

S: Soccer rocket goes right to my stop though

16. Look cute for classes

S: It's humid anyways, right? and 10 am comes earlier every time

T: Dry shampoo doesn't count as a shower.

17. Go to more athletic events (besides football)

S: I can hardly even stay for four each game

T: We have a baseball team?

18. Pass all my classes

S: It's a little touch and go there with the absences, tests and assignments sometimes

T: I mean I guess that should be a priority.

19. Try Tuscaloosa restaurants

S: Those dining dollars at Bphils though, always makes me end up there

T: And downtown is faaar.

20. Eat more meals at the sorority house

S: I'm not in the mood for wraps again this week

T: Even if walking to the Strip is good exercise.

21. Dress up to go out

T: Maybe use some of that makeup I spend so much money on.

S: T-shirt Tuesday. it's basically the dress code

22. Be on time for class

S: Take the wrong stairway in bb comer or Reese Phifer and you won't be able to get to your room

T: If I leave in 2 minutes and 37 seconds, I can still make it on time.

23. Have books before the class starts

S: Wait you mean you're requiring all the required readings? ugh. every time.

T: Still waiting for a cool and hip professor who throws the textbook out the window on the first day.

24. Make friends in my classes

S: Or I could just sit on my phone until class starts, maybe just walk in as it's starting

T: More friends means more people to ask for homework answers.

25. Spend more time studying in the library

S: "This is supposed to be a quiet floor in Gorgas, Hannah."

T: We have a library?

26. Eat less fried food

S: With Fried Friday every week and Chick-fil-A on campus even I don't think this one is happening

T: If it's a fried vegetable, it doesn't count, right?

27. Do my homework ahead of time

T: No, you can't wait to start that paper. It's due tomorrow

S: But due tomorrow means do tomorrow, right?

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