Even though we students at USFSP didn’t get much of a Thanksgiving break, there is still a lot that we can be thankful for as college students. Especially near finals, we all get swept up in our busy lives. We barely have time to sleep, let alone take the time to think about appreciating the small things in our life. But during our short Thanksgiving break, let’s take a moment to be thankful for the little things in life.
For example, the fact that we all have this chance to continue our education is something to be thankful for in itself. We have all these opportunities to learn so many new things and further our education when a lot of people don’t have that chance. Yes, we have hours of homework and stressful finals, but we’re learning which is one of the most valuable opportunities we could have.
On the other hand, as college students we can also be thankful for the little things in life that make our work a little bit easier. Like cancelled classes, random naps and the rare days when the professor assigns no homework. We can be thankful for free food and being able to take leftovers home to survive for the next week or two. We can be thankful for this cooler weather so that we don’t sweat when we are walking to and from class. We can be thankful for study groups, help on homework and when someone else says that they haven’t started the assignment either.
We can be thankful for Netflix adding new seasons of our favorite show so that we can binge watch them while avoiding our mountain of homework. We can be grateful for professors that don’t use a plus/minus system of grading, and let’s not forget about the professors who round up or offer extra credit. We can be thankful for the professors who don’t take attendance, and also the professors who post all their slides on canvas.
This Thanksgiving, let’s try not to get caught up in all the homework that we have to do over this break. Instead, let’s just appreciate these small things that help us survive each semester.
HC xoxo,
Alyssa Harmon