It’s almost that time of year – fall break! Whether your university gives a couple days off from classes or a full week, fall break always seems to come at a time in the semester that everyone needs it. Here are some things I’m looking forward to about fall break.
Family Time
If you don’t live within an hour of where you attend classes, chances are, you probably don’t get home very often to see your family. Fall break can provide some much-needed family time, if you so choose. Everyone can use some time at home.
Home-cooked Meals
Speaking of home…home-cooked meals are dreams at college students’ fingertips. Even if you cook for yourself, there is nothing like one of your parents’ special dishes.
Friend Time
If you are constantly busy with extracurricular activities and sports and schoolwork, it can be difficult to hangout with your friends. Fall break is the perfect couple days to catch up and relieve stress together.
Reunions
This could be family, current friends, alumni friends, pets, etc. Whatever reunion you have is special because it’s a time to catch up with people (or animals) you may not have seen in a while.
Sleeping in
If you don’t sleep in at least one day during fall break, is it really fall break? Fall break is a time to recharge your batteries, especially if you’re regularly sleep-deprived.
No Classes
Yes, classes are valuable. Classes are what get us our degree, which is why we attend college. Classes are also a frequent cause of stress, anxiety and loss of sleep. A few days off from all of the hard work classes entail is refreshing to students and professors.
Free Time
Like I said with ‘Friend Time’ above, it can be hard to find time to yourself when you’re constantly busy. Hopefully you can find a bit of time to yourself over fall break. Finding time might not be easy, but you don’t have classroom time on your schedule so that’s time you don’t normally have.
A Break
Most importantly, fall break is A BREAK. Make sure you take a few moments to stop and breathe. You deserve the break. Besides, when classes resume you will wish you slept that extra hour over fall break.
