Dear senioritis,
I know we haven’t spoken formally since 2009 during my senior year of high school although we did speak informally last year while I was muddling through the stress-filled madness that was my junior year of college. Well after one gap year spent abroad, 1 year at a state school, and now almost 3 years at AU we have met again. Unfortunately it’s only November and finals are still a couple weeks away so I need you to go away for a little while longer.
I first noticed you had come back sometime last month and it’s only recently that I realized you have too much of a presence in my life. I do actually need to pay attention in my classes and get good grades this semester but this is increasingly hard to do with you hovering over me all the time. I have managed to basically ignore you thus far but I can’t have you around this close to finals. Please go back into your proverbial box and come out again in the spring, preferably right around graduation when I am done with all my school work.
I still have lots to do before the school year is over: I have classes, I need to find some kind of job for next year, and I need to figure out where I am living. I can’t do any of this if you come and steal all my motivation. So in the interest of my academic and hopefully beginnings of a professional career, I need you to leave me alone for a bit longer. Just until I know what I am doing after graduation, then we can chat.
Sincerely,
A senior who needs to hang on to her motivation a bit longer
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