With finals approaching with rapid speed, it’s necessary to start mentally preparing and motivating ourselves. The best way to to pretend that we’re not panicking on the inside is to remember what comes after we’ve survived: summer. Here are some tips to get through finals.
Music
Make a really long playlist so that you can listen to music while studying, and then you can convert the same playlist into summer tunes by deleting any songs that reminded you of the last few weeks (delete all your songs and put away your phone until you’re done being mad at it). Remember, the longer your playlist is, the more time you can dedicate to procrastinating with said playlist.
Clothes
Wear your summer clothes now to get yourself excited for the warmer weather in store, but convert them into studying appropriate and weather appropriate attire by putting sweatpants and a sweatshirt on top and then giving up on ever looking nice again.
Shoes
Switch from wearing winter boots to flip-flops when walking around your dorm to throw away your trash, or do your laundry. You might be slightly cold, but pretend you don't care, or that the weather is behaving like spring instead of like a prolonged winter.
Sunglasses
It's not sunny yet, but you can pretend by wearing your sunglasses inside. It'll be too dark for you to see, which is the perfect amount of darkness for your end-of-semester, giving-up-on-everything, sleep deprived nap.
Going outside
In the summer you hope to have time to relax and enjoy nature. Think about that while you sit by a window and stare at your papers, hoping for the best.
Good luck, everyone (almost there).
