The week after spring break.
Your mind is on some beach, somewhere...or at least any where that isn't school.
All this week was, was a tease for what's to come in a just a handful of days.
That being said, these next couple weeks are arguably the hardest weeks of the year. Every professor is trying to cram as much information in as they can before finals, you have to actually spend time STUDYING for finals, all your free time is spent day dreaming about how you plan on spending June through August, and to top it all off you can't even indulge in stress comfort meals of ice cream and pizza anymore, because you know you're like 2 weeks away from having to put away all the sweatshirts and bring out the bathing suits (there are many pros and cons to this people).
From this moment, until you hand in that last final, you will be busy, stressed, tired, and ready for this to all be over. But keep going.
Don't give up when you're so close to the finish line. I know your professors all seemed to get together and plan their projects for the same day. I know that you haven't had time to workout in 4 days. I know that you're like 99% positive that you've forgotten everything and anything you've learned this year, BUT---KEEP GOING.
You see, while this is the hardest time of the school year, it's also the most rewarding. It's the only time when you can actually see a light at the end of the tunnel. Another season, another chapter of your life will be ending very shortly. You'll have a whole other chance to start over soon, or you'll finally be going out into the real world to start your life outside of the college bubble.
But no matter what your next season of life is going to look like, keep in mind that how you end one season will most likely be how you start the next.
I know it seems easy to give up now that we're so close to being done. I know that you would much rather get a head start on your tan than do that Chemistry homework. And above all, I know that the sunnier it gets the more every word out of your teacher's mouth seems to be a different language.
But don't give up. Don't stop now. Continue on with the same (or maybe more if you were slacking before) intensity that you've had all year. Don't slow down just because you're almost to the end. Speed up. Work harder than you have before, and KEEP GOING.
Stay encouraged and encourage others.
We finally made to the final stretch people!
Summer '16 we're coming for you (well almost)!
