We have all found ourselves waking up to an annoying alarm, with the annoying bright sun in our eyes, and our annoying roommate being as loud as possible while getting ready for class. After being awake for about 30 seconds the question, “do I really need to go to class today?” seems to find its way into our mind. Regardless of whether decide to drag yourself out of bed and face the world, or if you decide to just lie in bed and waste the day away on Netflix, you had the choice.

A few weeks ago, a friend’s birthday fell on a Monday. We all, of course, wanted to celebrate together, but Chapel Hill does not really have a thrilling Monday night scene. So after a little hesitating, we finally decided around 11 p.m. to go out. As we all danced around an, expectedly, empty dance floor and laughed about how dead everything was, I realized that the spur of the moment decision that night was just like waking up for class. Though class and going out really don’t compare, the decision is still in your hands.

In 10 years when your alarm turns into a crying baby, your annoying roommate turns into a spouse stealing the covers, and your two 50-minute classes have turned into a nine to five job, you no longer have a choice. You won’t have the choice to go get into shenanigans with 10 of your best friends late at night, even though you have an 8 a.m. You won’t have the chance to be spontaneous and take a road trip to Wilmington for the weekend, just for the heck of it. You won’t be able to stroll around campus on a Sunday morning after a Sutton’s brunch.

I am not encouraging skipping class or slacking off on schoolwork to go crazy. However, I want you to remember is that you have the rest of your life to go to bed early and deal with your responsibilities. You won’t always be able to go to Sunday night He’s Not karaoke, or dance on the dance floor until the bar closes, or eat Old Chicago pizza at 1 a.m. 

The next Monday night your friends are encouraging you to do something irrational after you have already gotten in bed, get up and go. Our college years won’t last forever and spontaneous adventures are what they are for.