How To Overcome The Mid-Semester Slump

How To Overcome The Mid-Semester Slump

It happens to the best of us.
Lindsay Sauers
Lindsay Sauers Feb 29, 2016
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Mid-Semester slump is when it’s around week seven of classes, the work starts picking up and your motivation is nowhere to be found. You start to feel like you don’t have enough time in the day to get everything done, which leads to stress and panic. The stress starts to make you shut down and avoid everything all together. You start to skip class more often, or are always late. You aren’t sleeping well, basically you are just in a slump.

I have compiled a list of 7 steps to get you through the rest of your semester.

1. Have some fun!

You’ve already procrastinated so why not do it a little more? Instead of throwing yourself in to your work, plan a girl’s day. Go get your nails done, go shopping, binge watch Disney channel movies. Do something that will relive your stress so you can get to work the next day.

2. Get some sleep

After your girl’s or guy’s day, get some rest. Your body and mind will thank you tomorrow. Continue to get a good nights rest every night, well, at least the weekdays. We all know the weekends are meant for sleeping in anyway.

3. Make a to-do list

Make your list from most important aka due yesterday to least important. Do this every week. You can thank me later.

4. Change up your routine

Maybe walk a different way to class or find a new spot to study. Who knows maybe you’ll make a new friend on your quest for change.

5.Go to class

Now, this may seem simple but for some people getting up for class is the ultimate struggle *raised hand emoji. Going to class will help you relive some of that stress and you will actually know what is going on and what work you need to do.

6.Try out something new

Join a new club, go to that workout class you have been eyeing, join an intermural sports team. I played volleyball in the fall and now I’m playing soccer in the spring with my some of my sorority sisters. It gave me the opportunity to get to know my sisters more and get my anger out at the same time.

7. If none of these work for you...

Drink lots of coffee and keep pushing yourself through the semester. I have faith in you!

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Lindsay Sauers
Lindsay Sauers Feb 29, 2016
At Baldwin Wallace University

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Little things remind me all the time.

For example, I'll be sitting in the lounge with the people on my floor, just talking about how everyone's days went. Someone will turn to someone else and ask something along the lines of, "When are we going to so-and-so's place tonight?" Sometimes it'll even be, "Are you ready to go to so-and-so's place now? Okay, we'll see you later, Taylor!"

It's little things like that, little things that remind me I don't have a "friend group." And it's been like that forever. I don't have the same people to keep me company 24 hours of the day, the same people to do absolutely everything with, and the same people to cling to like glue. I don't have a whole cast of characters to entertain me and care for me and support me. Sometimes, especially when it feels obvious to me, not having a "friend group" makes me feel like a waste of space. If I don't have more friends than I can count, what's the point in trying to make friends at all?

I can tell you that there is a point. As a matter of fact, just because I don't have a close-knit clique doesn't mean I don't have any friends. The friends I have come from all different walks of life, some are from my town back home and some are from across the country. I've known some of my friends for years, and others I've only known for a few months. It doesn't really matter where they come from, though. What matters is that the friends I have all entertain me, care for me, and support me. Just because I'm not in that "friend group" with all of them together doesn't mean that we can't be friends to each other.

Still, I hate avoiding sticking myself in a box, and I'm not afraid to seek out friendships. I've noticed that a lot of the people I see who consider themselves to be in a "friend group" don't really venture outside the pack very often. I've never had a pack to venture outside of, so I don't mind reaching out to new people whenever.

I'm not going to lie, when I hear people talking about all the fun they're going to have with their "friend group" over the weekend, part of me wishes I could be included in something like that. I do sometimes want to have the personality type that allows me to mesh perfectly into a clique. I couldn't tell you what it is about me, but there is some part of me that just happens to function better one-on-one with people.

I hated it all my life up until very recently, and that's because I've finally learned that not having a "friend group" is never going to be the same as not having friends.

SEE ALSO: To The Girls Who Float Between Friend Groups

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Taylor Grace Abrahams
Taylor Grace Abrahams Apr 3, 2017
At University of Missouri

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Summer And Jobs

Working summers doesn't have to be tedious.

Aasayed
Aasayed Jun 12, 2019
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Like many other college students, I was ready for summer but was kinda bummed that I had to work. Its not that I didn't like where I was working, I actually was really lucky to be working in a hospital environment but I just hated being alone all summer from 9-5. I've had this job for a few years now and a few other paid interns came and went but I never really connected with any of them. This year is different though.

I got really lucky to have another intern work with me that was very similar to me. The tasks we got were always simple but they were made to be more fun because I got to do them while talking with someone else. Now I actually enjoy and look forward to going to work.

The key to finding a good job is finding one that you enjoy doing and one that will help you gain knowledge that will help you out with future career plans. Working with friends also make tasks enjoyable! I would be careful with working with your friend however because if your job needs you to be serious and focused, being around your best friends may distract you from that.

Another thing that definitely makes summer jobs more enjoyable are taking breaks! It is your summer vacation after all! I'm not saying don't take a day off just to sit around, but if you make plans with family and friends, take a Friday off and enjoy the warm weather and good company! Employers understand that us college students and on break and have lives, they are usually very lenient with days off!

If you have to do a summer job to make money to live off of or pay for college, the best thing to do is look at the big picture. If you don't enjoy your job but can't afford to quit, remember that the money if going to help you out a lot. Also, this job is probably only for the summer right? So it's not permanent my friend! Get through these annoying few weeks and you will be back at college, taking steps for a bigger and brighter future.

Summer jobs are tough, I know, but make the most of it! And don't forget to enjoy it whenever you can!!!

Aasayed
Aasayed Jun 12, 2019
At The State University of New York at Stony Brook

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