Finals week: The most dreaded week by college students all around. Finals week is the time for endless nights at the library, mass amounts of caffeine, and being surrounded by pages and pages of notes. No matter what exams we need to take or how much work we have to do, we all have the same thoughts while studying for finals:
1. “Okay. What do I need to get this done? Notebook, old tests, slides, my laptop, and coffee. Lots and lots of coffee.”
2. “I can do this. I really can. I’m going to ace my finals. All of them. I can do this.”
3. “My back is already killing me and I have a leg cramp from sitting like this. I need more pillows.”
4. “Maybe I should study at the library in one of those comfy chairs. Except I’m not trying to deal with how freezing it is in there and any noises right now will distract me…but the third floor is so quiet I’ll feel uncomfortable. I guess I’ll stay in my bed.”
5. “God I need more coffee.”
6. “I have 63 pages to read…if I read one page a minute and then take a five minute break after I read 10 pages I’ll finish with just enough time to watch one show on Netflix before I need to write that 10-page essay.”
7. “I wonder what my friends are doing…”
8. “Maybe I should just go cuddle with my roommates and take a mental health break. And maybe we should just go get some snacks real quick. And coffee. And maybe a Rush.”
9. “Should I just drop out?”
10. “Rory Gilmore said no one would care about how pretty she was if she didn’t pass her finals. I really hope she was wrong about that.”
11. “Ooh, my best friend just posted on Instagram!”
12. “I’m just going to take a five minute social media break.”
13. “I’ve been on my phone for six minutes so I might as well just stay on until 9:30.”
14. “It’s already 9:32 so I should just watch YouTube videos until 10.”
15. “Honestly, I really only need a 53 on this exam to pass and if I do worse than that I really shouldn’t even be in this major so I should probably just leave it up to fate and not study anymore.”
16. “I really, really need more coffee. And chocolate.”
17. “I need to pick out my outfit for tomorrow!”
18. “Who cares what I look like if I have to drop out of school because I failed all my finals?”
19. “I REALLY hope my future spouse is killing their finals right now so I have someone to fall back on when this comes back to bite me.”
20. “Alright, I need to focus.”
21. “I’ve only been studying for three minutes?”
22. “Time for more coffee.”
Now stop reading this as a way to procrastinate and get back to studying. Happy finals week and good luck!