Winter. Break. Two words that probably appeal the most to a college student. After a semester of difficult and endless work, it's the one and only thing that we deserve. And for those of you who discourage us during our well deserved hiatus, hear me out.
College can be an extremely rough time for basically all students. Not only is it full of course work, jobs, and extra curricullars, but emotional turmoils as well. So not only are we under physical exhaustion, but emotional exhaustion, too. Take me, for example. At my university, we have a pretty long winter break. Depending on when finals end, I have about five weeks back at home. And what am I going to do for those five weeks? I'm going to relax because I deserve it. This semester was particularly rough for me, class-wise and emotionally. This winter break is probably the first chance I have since the semester started to actually take a day to myself, not leave my bed, and binge watch Gilmore Girls. And I am certain that others will want to do the same.
All I ask is that you please don't judge us based on this. Like I said, we are at a very tedious time in our lives and college can be a lot to handle. And does us binge-watching Netflix all day and ordering the occasional pizza bother you? No. And this does not mean, in any way, shape, or form, that you should compare us to yourselves. Yeah, you may have worked all day, but that doesn't mean I'm being unproductive. I still get stuff done over the break that needs to be done, I can be amazingly on top of it during the semester. I earn good grades, I work my a** off, and I'm constantly running around under stress. And frankly, if I am working hard enough when school is in session in order to achieve my goals in the future, then a five week lazy break is not going to hurt me. And nor is it any college student.
So let us be lazy, let us use our break how we want. There is no need to discourage us. Laziness is normal. As long as we work diligently and efficiently each semester, there is no harm done in spending a few days snuggled up in bed. We aren't rotten, spoiled brats, we are just tired, exhausted young adults who simply need to shut down from the world for a few days. And we are going to continue.
