Pulling an all-nighter is something that every college student has to do; it's an absolute necessity to keep on track with the curriculum. That being said, it's not always pleasant. Here are 6 1/2 things every college student has ever thought while pulling an all-nighter.
1. This will be a breeze.
Ah, the first stage of an all-nighter. You’ve taken a shower, thrown on sweats and have all your books and notes. The words this will be easy are running through your mind as you begin the first hour of 12.
2. I. Need. Coffee.
This is the first wall you hit with an all-nighter. Your eyes start to droop and your brain lags a little bit behind. This usually happens around hour 3 or 4, but it’s no biggie. Just a quick coffee run and you’ll be chugging along again in no time.
3. I could do this forever.
This thought is sponsored by coffee. You’ve got the sweet drug of caffeine running through your veins and nothing can stop you. Not the sixty pages of text you have to read, not even the five sections of chemistry homework can slow you down!
4. Who am I?
This thought is also sponsored by coffee… or rather the lack of it. Your brain and body are starting to give up simultaneously and it’s everything you can do to not lay your head down on the table and let yourself go. This stage can also double as the hallucinatory phase when your mind starts spinning and your mouth just spews out words and concepts you haven’t ever thought about at this moment.
5. I'm never doing this again.
This is what you angrily mutter to yourself around 4 a.m. while furiously scratching out a math problem and starting it over, for the fifth time. But of course, you know that you’re going to be here in the library at 4 a.m. again next week.
6. I'm fully functional after 12 hours of no sleep... and I feel great.
At this point, you’ve left the library with (hopefully!) all of your work done and are heading to your 8 a.m. political science lecture. Your mind is a little fuzzy, but your body will never die. You’re convinced that you can make it another 12 hours without crashing to keep your sleep schedule somewhat on track.
6 1/2. You thought.
Remember that 8 a.m. political science lecture you definitely thought you could make it through?
You didn’t.
