The spring semester is upon us (much to majority of college kids' dismay), and it's time to start thinking about what we're going to do this semester again. Last semester, we may not have been the best. We slacked off, stayed up too late, didn't pay enough attention, we just weren't the best students we could have been. But we made it, we survived; so this semester, it's time to be better students... or at least, we can make a bucketlist and pretend and probably later ignore this bucket list.
1. No skipping class. I know my bed is basically begging me to stay but I HAVE to get up and go to class. Missing class in college is nothing like missing class in high school.
2. Get all A's. HAHAHAHAHAHA YEAH RIGHT, but we can dream.
3. Actually do the readings. We all know when the professors only homework assignment is to read chapter 2, that basically means no homework. But this semester, I'll actually try to read.
4. Ask the professor for help if I don't understand something. Another thing we all hate. We hate to look like the stupid kid for asking something in class... but I mean, maybe I can email the professor after class and ask?
5. Let me professor know ahead of time if I won't be in class. Whether I'm sick, stuck in traffic, out of town, I should treat my professor as if they were my boss and let them know where I am and see if I can make up anything online.
6. If the deadline is 11:59 pm, take the online quiz BEFORE 11 pm. Guilty as charged.
7. Make more friends. Can you ever have too many?
8. Hang out with an old friend from freshman year I haven't talked to in a while. Remember that girl you used to sit next to in English 101? Hit her up, see how she's doing.
9. Actually go and see my academic advisor and talk to them about my options for the future.
10. Stop eating out so much. We're way past the freshman 15 now. This has got to stop. My stomach and my bank account definitely are not happy with me.
11. Learn some stuff I like to do for a little self-love when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Maybe get some bath bombs or some bath salt that smell nice and take a bubble bath when schoolwork stresses you out.
12. Smile more. I walk around campus like a dead zombie majority of the time, no one wants to befriend the dead zombie... smile more.
13. Actually get to know the random people I sit beside in classes.
14. Start researching and looking into future internships or jobs in my field.
15. STUDY. HAHAHAHAHA WE'LL SEE.Start researching and looking into future internships or jobs in my field.
16. Stop worrying so much. Worrying only causes me to get more stressed, stress causes me to do worse in classes. So worrying isn't doing me any favors.
Good luck this semester, friends. May the odds be ever in our favor.