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10 Things To Be Grateful For During Finals

There's still plenty to be loving, even if you haven't slept in days.

Meg Croley

Dec 05, 2016

Saint Joseph's University

10 Things To Be Grateful For During Finals

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Finals week is a time of total depression and utter stress; even know as I am writing this, I'm exhausted and have 20 million other things to be obsessing and panicking over (thanks, Odyssey) (kidding). I just found out I have a huge Shakespeare paper due Thursday, all my finals are projected to be impossible, and sleep is going to be an elusive wench this miserable studying season. But, there is light at the end of this coffee-stained tunnel-- there is plenty to be thankful for, and here are few grudging reminders from a red-eyed, sleep-deprived girly:

1. Christmas is literally so soon

CHRISTMAS. PRESENTS. JESUS. YES.

2. Dogs exist

You'll see your puppy soon. Or, if you don't have one, go see another puppy. Just be glad they exist.

3. Finals WILL be over soon

All misery MUST come to an end, it's physics. Or something, I haven't started studying for that yet.

4. Home is but a moment away

You'll be home in like two seconds and then this mind-numbing misery will be but a distant memory.

5. You are lucky to be alive

Every breath you take is an absolute gift. The sky, the air, the shoes on your feet – you're alive. Love it. Cherish it. If right now sucks, you are still a member of this planet, and it's a great place to be.

6. HEALTH!

You're healthy enough to be in school and take finals. Love that freedom. Love that your legs move. Gratitude is a soul-moving force and will propel you to greatness.

7. Good music is a thing

Bob Dylan. Led Zeppelin. Bruno MARS. FETTY WAP. Play it all. Get through it.

8. Coffee is the gift that keeps on giving

Coffee is a legal drug to help you survive finals and basically all aspects of life. Never take it for granted, and if you can get your hands on some Goya Puerto Rican goods, love it and the strength of it. Red-eyes are entry ways to decent grades. Or maybe just wildly unhealthy. Either way, coffee is the key.

9. You can sleep all of Christmas break and potentially never have to get up

Imagine your bed on Christmas break. So beautiful. So comfy. So crisp with your love. Once you're on break, you basically never have to leave. Pure magic.

10. No one cares what you look like during finals, so, look disgusting

Sweatpants, baby, and gray outfits galore. No, I haven't washed my hair. Yes, I look fabulously disgusting and real. No one judges the strong.

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10 Things To Be Grateful For During Finals

There's still plenty to be loving, even if you haven't slept in days.

1. Christmas is literally so soon

2. Dogs exist

3. Finals WILL be over soon

4. Home is but a moment away

5. You are lucky to be alive

6. HEALTH!

7. Good music is a thing

8. Coffee is the gift that keeps on giving

9. You can sleep all of Christmas break and potentially never have to get up

10. No one cares what you look like during finals, so, look disgusting

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1. Build a snowman

2. Start a snowball fight

3. Build a fort

4. Binge-watch Netflix

4. Look out the window

5. Grab coffee with a friend

6. Complete school or office work

7. Sleep

8. Read a book

9. Bake cookies

10. Drink hot cocoa

11. Go ice skating

12. Take a Walk

"I don't want to do things. I want to not do things."

1. When you look at the syllabus and realize there are only three weeks of the semester left; even though the first day was LITERALLY yesterday.

2. You look at your grades and realize they probably aren't as high as they should be, which is a terrifying realization.

3. When you think to yourself at night, "tomorrow, I will wake up early and go to the library ALL day, and, hell, maybe after I'll go to the gym for a little bit, just to push myself that extra mile."

4. Tomorrow actually comes. The inevitable and overpowering sense of procrastination is too strong to overcome.

5. But you DO end up going to the library. Not all day though, but still, a while. But no, you do not go to the gym. Still, you made an effort, so you decide to treat yo' self.

6. When you realize you need to schedule a meeting with your adviser because you need to sign up for classes next semester. But you also realize that since you waited until the last minute, you're going to get stuck with all of the crappy classes.

7. When you low-key try to slip into conversation with your professors that you need extra credit because you're that desperate.

8. When it's already the third time you've seen your adviser in two days because you have no damn clue what you're doing and need all the help you can get.

9. When you apply for a job associated with your major even though you have no experience, but you just want to dive headfirst into the deep end of adulthood and get it over with.

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1. Figuring out when to start

2. Searching through list after list to get everything you need

3. Shopping for deals

4. Getting bins to put everything in

5. Figuring what you can’t live without

6. Going through clothes to find what you need

7. Finding out your siblings took something from you

8. Fighting with your parents.

9. Trying to plan things with your roommate

10. The fear of forgetting something

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1. When you fail that midterm you studied so hard for.

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5. When someone takes your unassigned assigned seat.

6. When your favorite character in your favorite TV series dies.

7. When that guy/girl you’ve been crushing on agrees to go on a date with you.

8. When you have so much to do, and such little motivation to do it.

9. When someone asks for your last fry.

10. When you try a new health-food craze.

11. When you get new clothing.

12. When you check your bank account.

13. When they're serving good food in the dining hall.

14. When someone tries to tell you what to do.

15. Or just your thoughts about life in general.

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