This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Nottingham chapter.

Essays? Let ’em wait a little longer has pretty much been your attitude over the holidays.

1. Lemme just bake a gingerbread house and get really drunk while I still have the chance.

2. This continues well into the new year. 2016 goals = relaxin’ and eatin’. Amen.

3. And then it hits you…

4. You’ve got one of those ‘I’m longer than a dissertation, lol’ kinda word counts. Untouched. Un-researched. You recover the books you left unloved on your bookshelf/buried in your suitcase with the abundance of clothes you never wore this holiday.

5. Scanning their pages, you go all Mariah.

6. Eventually, you fix up and are able to understand words (those pesky things). In your panic-induced delirium you ~~sit at your desk~~ snuggle up in bed – you probably don’t have time for full desk commitment (it would involve too much relocation and time is of the essence let’s be honest). You attempt to “make a start” (write your student ID number in the header, add page numbers, maybe even write the title if you can be bothered to get over to Moodle in order to remember what the hell it is and let the horror of reality truly begin).

7. You begin.

8. The night continues. Quantity over quality is the only motto you can afford to have.

9. Don’t you dare glance over what you’ve written. As the famous quote goes: “surprise essays are the best essays”.

10. You must be brave.

11. You mustn’t rest until victory.

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Image sources:

http://www.reactiongifs.com/drunk-fal/

http://ffffound.com/image/150fa710ce91d34c4e67c07ff4ac965dbc81ba08

http://www.sugarscape.com/bookclub/news/a1080265/quiz-which-ya-book-should-you-be-in/

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalvarez/i-got-an-a-in-being-elusive#.wh8PND7Zj