As finals week approaches, all college students start becoming increasingly anxious as the to-do lists grow longer and the hours in each day seem to dwindle down to nothing. What is there to do when you have four papers, two projects, and six exams all in one day? This semester-ly struggle seems to always lead us to one solution: the all-nighter. Pulling an all-nighter is an experience that college students unfortunately know all too well. We all have our different reasons for resorting to this deadly solution, but the process is pretty similar across the board. So, let's take a look at the 33 stages of pulling an all-nighter.

1. You make a to-do list.

2. You become increasingly worried as the to-do list becomes longer and longer.

3. You start off optimistic.

4. Procrastination sets in.

5. You see how many things you can accomplish that are not on your list and add those tasks to it just so you can cross them off to feel better about your choices.

6. Panic sets in as you glance at the clock and realize how many precious daylight hours you have wasted.

7. Once the clock strikes midnight, you realize your mistakes, and then you come to terms with your fate.

8. You accept that the all-nighter is coming and there is nothing you can do to prevent it.

9. There are a few tears.

10. Maybe some maniacal laughter due to the depreciation of your fragile mental state.

11. Then, you suddenly realize how many hours you have gained by cutting out sleep.

12. Now, you have nothing to worry about.

13. You may as well have gained an entire lifetime of prime working hours.

14. The procrastination returns, this time with some Netflix because you have so much time now you might as well not waste it working.

15. You decide it’s time for second dinner.

16. Your apartment is suddenly looking very messy…. maybe you should clean it?

17. There is a whole pack of cookie dough in your refrigerator, and obviously those have to be baked at this exact moment.

18. Wait, Spongebob is on? At 3 a.m.? Can’t miss that.

19. STOP. What are you doing? YOU HAVE TO FOCUS!

20. You sit down at your computer once more.

21. Suddenly, all of that energy from the second dinner, the spring cleaning, and the cookies leaves you.

22. Must. Sleep. Soon.

23. Banging your head against the wall commences.

24. You start to think about how nice your bed is.

25. Napping for just a minute wouldn’t hurt anything… right?

26. Two hours later, your eyes bust open and you jump out of bed in a panic because you realize you slept for far longer than you intended.

27. Cue the second round of tears.

28. You look to the window and see the sun start to rise.

29. Panic starts to take over and you decide it’s time for maximum overdrive.

30. Finally, it is finished.

31. You make your way across campus proudly, paper in hand.

32. You hand it in with a tearful smile.

33. You’re overcome with a sense of relief because you’ve done it. You survived the all-nighter.

You may not know what your paper even says because you cannot remember a word you typed, but hey at least it's finished. Maybe you won't get the A you probably needed, but now you can go to bed, and that's what's really important here. Congratulations, champ. Now get some sleep so you can do it again tomorrow.