We will all face that inevitable feeling as our four years of college round out; SWUG life creeps in steadily, and things that used to be exciting start to seem mundane. Your routines turn too routine; your go-to spots become overrun by underclassmen; your friends start to annoy you due to sheer overexposure. Lucky us, there’s a simple solution for such restlessness—changing things up a bit. Here are a few pointers to make sure your Senior year feels fresh, novel, and fun.
Join a new club
You know in the back of your head you’ve always wondered what it would be like to dance in Orchesis, and that secret yearning to join Barnard Knitting Club won’t be fulfillable post-graduation. So go for it! You’ll be doing a new activity and meeting new people all at once.
Go to a bar that isn’t 1020, Mel’s, or Bernheim
I get it. Staying within the rectangle that 110th, 120th, Amsterdam, and Broadway create is extremely tempting. But don’t complain to me about how long the line at 1020 is when there’s city is full of bars that don’t have any lines at all right here. Make a list of places you’ve been meaning to go to, then try to check off one every weekend. If you venture away from campus, you’re way less likely to see that one CU peer that you pray you won’t run into every time you leave your house.
Hang out with that person you’ve always been meaning to hang out with
We all have that pure untapped friendship potential that’s just lying dormant because you’re too lazy to make plans. Pro tip: don’t be lazy. Sending a text to make plans with someone requires minimal thumb movement and could spark an amazing friendship that will shuffle up you social scene nicely.
Find a new study spot
Even the slightest change of scenery can lift your moods as you plow through stacks of research for your thesis. Butler may be beautiful, but you’ve accumulated so many stressful memories in that building that they’re nearly reaching the high ceilings of Ref. Go to a new, not so laden place and try not to taint it with all your procrastination.
Go to a neighborhood you don’t normally visit
Even if you just go for a walk, taking time to get to another place in the city will strip you of the blinders that a heavy workload often brings. You’ll realize that their a real people in this city who know how to have a conversation about something other than how much reading they have to do before Monday.
(Photo via Chelsea Hartney)