College. It's four years, eight semesters, or 32 months. It's a time that people tell us to treasure because it goes by way too fast. It's years consisting of parties, attempting to get your life together, and somehow getting by. Half of our decisions are questionable, and to the outside world, we are considered a different type of human. College is a time for new experiences, life milestones and finding ourselves. Once you graduate, you are thrown into the real world. You become a real person, have a real job with a salary (well, hopefully) and can no longer just wing it. There is a lot more to life you'll learn outside the classroom and so many reasons why you need to take advantage of these next four years.
With that said, go out on random weekday nights. Go out for tequila Tuesday or wine Wednesday (if you're 21 and older of course). You don't always have to play it safe, because nights out are far better than nights in the library. Take advantage of it while you can, because hangovers while sitting in a cubicle will be a hell of a lot worse than hangovers with your friends in a lecture hall. Honestly, our livers will not be able to handle alcohol like they can right now, which can be a reason within itself.
Spend the money you don't have. We're all in debt anyway, so what the heck. Don't pass up roommate-bonding dinners or post-class coffee with your friends. Hang out with your friends, these are the memories you'll remember, not the time you stayed in by yourself. Time isn't wasted when you're creating these memories. Let loose, do things that you will look back on and laugh about.
Do things that you love that doesn't involve school work. College isn't just for getting a degree. Join clubs for the pure reason of your enjoyment. So many opportunities are available to you, basically handed to you on a silver platter. Opportunities like these don't last forever. Do anything and everything that you've always wanted to, there are no limits, no one to tell you no, and no better time to do something but right now.
So skip class, stay out late, take a chance on the boy you like, binge-watch Netflix when you have a paper due and just relax. Stop planning, people get too busy trying to plan out 'someday' and that someday becomes today, and life passes you by. You want to be wishing you can re-live college, not re-do it.
Through all of these experiences, you'll grow and learn, and that's what college is all about. You'll eventually learn to be responsible, the consequences of your actions, and learn a lot more that the classroom can't teach you. You never know unless you try. Don't worry, you have time get your life together.
Here in front of you are four years to be irresponsible, so take advantage of it. Work never ends, but college does.
