College. Senior year -- the potential last time you will ever have to impress an intimidating professor, write countless of papers, and be confined to a lopsided class schedule. Also known as the last year it is acceptable to party heavily, to enjoy wearing sweatpants perpetually, and other social norms that become obsolete once you receive your diploma. The love-hate relationship you have with your university that has kept you moving along for the past three years. But now you've hit the wall -- the place in which your life feels at its most important crossroads. The panic or the uncontrollable urge to be overwhelmingly lazy has begun to flirt with your emotions and your ability to function. These are what we call the unavoidable stages of senioritis:

Stage 1: "I can do what I want."

Senior year is the time to do what you want. You can skip that class and go on an adventure. You can go out and party on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and maybe Saturday too. You can tell the freshmen what to do and laugh at the juniors because they have two more years. You can decide when to pay attention and when to bestow your wisdom upon others. You are a senior.

Stage 2: "I need to get out of here."

The workload keeps piling up. That stack of books and long-winded syllabi stare at you blankly and you stare back. You try to do as much as you can -- the best you can -- because you know you need to graduate. You need to move on and start the next chapter of your life. You've had enough of "the bubble" that your university has kept you in. You can't take the people, the professors, the work, the food, or the area you're in. Life has got to have more to offer. You're convinced that these years can't be the best. You've got so much more to do.

Stage 3: "Being lazy won't harm anyone."

Being lazy comes with the territory. You can decide when to get the homework and the reading done. You can get to that binge marathon of Netflix that's calling your name. You can decide to go pet puppies and chill on the couch all day because you're a senior, and you've got this. You'll get stuff done -- eventually.

Stage 4: "Oh shit."

Things start to become a little too real. The wall is caving in. Doing homework sounds smart and responsible because you're a senior and you graduate in a year. Wait, it's less than a year now. It's nine months from now. You're receiving a diploma in nine months. You start to panic and possibly just realize you should have scheduled your classes better. Because you decided to take meaningless courses that don't apply to your major or minor, and you now have to cram in classes that (thank god) are offered in the spring that you absolutely need. "Oh shit" doesn't even begin to cover what you are feeling.

Stage 5: "A fifth year doesn't sound that bad."

Denial. The ugliest and most intriguing friend there is. You deny that you need to graduate so soon. You deny that you need a degree to succeed. You deny the fact that you must leave the protective shell of your school and move on with your life. You deny the fact that you are a senior. You need the security of your university. You need your college friends. You need to stay -- maybe forever (no one will notice). College is life.

Stage 6: "I'm not crazy, I'm in college."

You don't need other telling you that you are going through something. You are shifting gears in your life. You are on another path. No. You are simply going to school. You are simply learning. You don't appreciate others telling you that you are lucky. That you are ready for this change. You need time to figure it all out. Because ...

Stage 7: "What happens after this?"

Realization is a b*tch. What are you going to do after college? Do you join the workforce? Do you go to graduate school? Do you decide that what you studied is not what you are interested in? What happens then?

Stage 8: "I'm so done."

I'm done with school. I'm done with books. I'm done with college. I'm done with everyone and everything on this earth. I'm done with life. I could not be more done. Netflix is the only thing that matters.

Stage 9: "Why me?"

Stage 10: "I have to do this."

Self-explanatory. You need to graduate. Don't overthink, just do it.

So good luck, and welcome to the rest of your life.