Lets be honest, we all know those girls that just can’t seem to catch a break. They love to have fun and let their hair down, and are often the most social girls at the party. They can (and will) befriend just about anybody, and often times are considered one of the bros because of their relaxed and easy-going personality. However, there’s a catch. Someway, somehow, this girl just naturally follows the path of maximum resistance. And not just in one aspect of life. No, I’m talking, every fifth step is another “oh sh*t” or grunt of discouragement. You may feel that this is a bit of an exaggeration, but it may turn out that you identify with more of these telltale signs than you may realize. Take a look.

1. Cooking is your worst nightmare. Your mom, your little sister, even your significant other has given you ample lessons on how to work your way around the kitchen. You have cookbooks titled “COLLEGE” and “Kid’s First Cuisine” but even these have failed to provide enough direction. Instead, every time you enter the kitchen you either end up burning your pancakes, or damn near burning your house down. Unfortunately, you’ve failed so badly at this that the phrase “A for Effort” isn’t even thrown your way.
2. You fall. ALL. THE. TIME. Of course, you’re that stubborn person who refuses any and all help to avoid your latest injury. But, jokes on you, because you’re the one who cut your foot open at the house dance last winter, the one who biffed it hard on the planks at Shasta, the one who’s tailbone is so bruised you can’t even sit in class for more than an hour. What can you say, your mind and your body are never on the same page. That’s not your fault, right?
3. You lose everything. You lose your shoes. You lose your house key. You lose your phone, your wallet, your school notes, your ID, your shirt, your toothbrush, your life. Your signature phrase is, “guys, have you seen _____?”
4. You forget everything. Similar to losing everything, your forgetfulness seems only to apply to solely your most important belongings at the most important times.
5. You’re never on time. No matter how early of a start you think you’re getting, there is always something that prevents you from leaving by that 8:47 a.m. deadline. Whether this is because of your forgetfulness, your clumsiness, or your inability to drag yourself out of bed until the last minute, it just seems inevitable for you.
6. You’re a mess. OK, yeah, you’re life is a mess, but that’s true for every college student. I literally mean that you, personally, are a mess. You have the kind of luck where your coffee mug lid isn’t screwed on all the way, and it spills down your entire outfit just as soon as you sit down for lecture. You were “that one girl” who wore the ketchup stained shirt out on the town for an entire night without realizing it. And you’re the one who consistently has something on your face, but you don’t realize it until you finally come home after the long day and your roommate laughs at you. No matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to keeping up a clean cut appearance. How do you do that, anyway?
7. You are always on your own agenda when it comes to going out. You tell your friends to “not lose you” at the beginning of the night, then ten minutes later you’re running off to go make new friends. And when I say running, I mean sprinting. You literally sprint away. “Sianara muthaf*****s.”

Any of these sound familiar? Well, if you identify with one, or multiple of these, take comfort in the fact that you are not alone. People like us, no matter how hard we try, just can’t seem to master the art of low maintenance. The only advice I can give you is to keep trying, every day, to take little baby steps toward getting your sh*t together. Oh, and to appreciate the hell out of the people in your life that actually put up with you. This one’s for them.