It's about that time: Caffeine intake triples, hours of sleep get cut in half, and stress is immeasurable. The following stages are ones I am sure you have all gone through while studying for midterms. 

You start off strong. “Time to study! I'm so motivated!” You drink mass amounts of coffee and Red Bull and post some kind of artsy photo of your laptop, coffee, and papers on Instagram. #midterms #studygrind #starbucks #studyingessentials #instasmart

You got a good thing going and are in your study-zone for a while with flashcards, review sheets, the whole shebang.

You get to the point where you are basically living off of caffeine and treat yourself to a Dutch Bros. coffee every day or maybe multiple times a day. Coffee counts as dinner, right? 

Speaking of dinner, you start to eat everything in sight. Hunger pains strike you constantly mid-study sessions ... or is it really hunger? You tell yourself you are just going to grab some food and get back to studying. You run to Chipotle and when they ask if you want chips and guac you say yes because screw it, calories don't count during midterms.

You decide to give yourself a quick study break and check Facebook and instantly get sucked into watching all those videos people post of cute animals for an hour. Damn it, Facebook friends, stop that.

You fall asleep on your textbook because your sleep schedule is fifty shades of screwed up. Who knew textbooks could double as a pillow? I mean hey, if we're paying $200 for it, might as well use it for anything we can. 

You start thinking of everything else you should be doing instead of studying. "I should clean my room, do some laundry, reorganize my closet by color, and vacuum the whole house." 

You begin to lose your sanity, attention, and patience. Your attention span resembles that of a child. Literally — everything becomes so much more interesting than studying.

You start to really lose it. What is life? What day is it? Did I shower today? You start to question everything you've ever known.

You cry. No shame. Let it out.

You take your midterms and don't even care anymore. You just want to get them over with.

You're finally done. Time to drink. Time to drink a lot.