It’s a conversation that isn’t unrecognizable to most college students.

“I haven’t slept in two days.”

“Oh yeah? I haven’t slept in three days.”

“Well, I’m only alive right now because I’m basically on a caffeine drip.”

The topic of the competition may vary slightly, but it always takes the same course. Everyone knows someone who consistently one-ups them when it comes to stress levels: on a one to 10 scale of “How close to falling apart is your life?” They’re seemingly always an 11.

Maybe we’re even guilty of this ourselves. I catch myself joking about how “dead” I am all the time. The more I fill up my day planner, the more accomplished I feel, even if I know the week ahead is going to be killer. I even remember looking at a friend, who was on the verge of a total breakdown in response to her packed schedule, and being completely sincere in thinking, “Wow, I wish I had my life together like that.”

See anything wrong with that picture?

I’m not talking about picking up an extra shift at work once in a while or joining a club on campus to round out your resume.

I’m talking about the full-time students with full-time jobs who continue to pile internships, executive board positions, tutoring sessions and social functions on their plate, inspired by aesthetic typography pins on Pinterest that wax poetic about “hustle” and “the struggle.”

I’m talking about the people who correlate “being on their grind” to the absurd amount of caffeine they’ve consumed in the last 24 hours.

I’m talking about our generation’s seemingly unbreakable association between hours spent not sleeping and feelings of accomplishment.

This is a wakeup call. Running on fumes isn’t cool or interesting or something to brag on Twitter about. Packing your schedule causes stress—you don’t need to be a psych major to figure that one out—and stress leads to strain on your mental and physical health.

To be fair, if you catch yourself doing this, it’s not entirely your fault. We’ve been conditioned to be like this. All throughout middle and high school, the threat of falling behind in college loomed over us. Teachers, coaches and parents all demanded more from us, and when we finally got to college, it was easy to understand why. College can feel like swimming upstream, and if you don’t keep up with the current, it’s easy to get swept away.

Let’s just try not to get carried away with ourselves, here.

I don’t want to encourage you to be lazy. Striving for greatness is important, and part of that is pushing yourself to go the extra mile. However, while going the extra mile is great, no one is asking you to go an extra 10 miles. Dial it back a notch. Don’t forget to sleep. Trade in your eighth cup of coffee for a bottle of water. Squeezing a nap in when you really need it instead of reviewing that chemistry chapter could actually help you do better on that exam in the long run.

With spring semester finals coming up, remember: if you prioritize your own mental and physical health, the results in all aspects of your life may just surprise you.