Since when did Spring Break mean you had to go somewhere with a beach, drink an ungodly amount of alcohol and post it all over your Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter?

My decision to stay home for my first Spring Break in college may be one of the best decisions I've made this semester. I do have to admit; it does suck to see all of my friends in their perfect bikinis with their perfect margaritas as they forget about college for a week. But then I remember how my Spring Break is good for me.

1. Sleep

The number one thing I am doing this Spring Break is sleeping. After spending last week staying up late studying, I finally get a week just to lay in bed and relax. The other plus to staying home is being back in your own bed. Dorm room beds aren't usually the most comfortable beds considering how many people have slept on them (Don’t even get me started on how gross that is) and how small they are. Back in your own bed means the smell of your own sheets and sleeping any way you want and not having to worry that you may fall off.

2. Getting ahead

No one wants to study when they go home from college. If you do want to hit the books all of break, then why did you go home? You could have done that when you were there. But this Spring Break, I feel like it may be better to get ahead a little. Nothing feels better than being able to catch up with all of your friends after being separated for a WHOLE WEEK and not stressing Sunday night before classes start seems like a good idea, at least to me.

3. Being with family

I missed my family. Personally, being away from home is hard and even though I see them a lot. It is nice to come home and sit down to have a home cooked meal and watch movies or have family game night. Missing your family is okay, I’m sure they missed you too. Taking a week to be with them is good for your physical health and mental health. You finally get a good meal and you’re in a clean environment, especially a clean bathroom that only 1-2 other people use. Mentally, you have your biggest support system right by your side. You are able to give your mind and body a rest before finishing out the semester.

4. Netflix

Oh thank the lord for Netflix. Midterms are the devil compared to Netflix during Spring Break. I’ve collected enough things in My List of things to watch that I’m sure I wont have to do much browsing. I spent last week scrolling through Netflix and adding things to My List but never being able to watch them. I was running around like a six year old who just drank their first soda. Class, study, shower, work, meetings, study again after numerous hours and then BANG. Out like a light. No where in this schedule did I have time to watch a 45 min episode of Vampire Diaries or One Tree Hill.

Spring Break is a whole different story. This is MY week, on MY time. I get to watch what I want when I want and you know that means that I probably won’t leave my bed.

5. Spring Cleaning

You know your mom will not let you go a whole week without cleaning out all the things you left at home when you moved away. Spring cleaning can actually be super fun if you have the right mind set. Just imagine having a clean, almost empty room that you get to come home to when you’re almost dead from finals. That is the room you get to spend all summer in and starting out with it clean will hopefully last a few weeks into the summer. You also probably shouldn’t spend five straight days in your bed watching every TV show you can find. I didn’t say you couldn’t, I’m just saying that maybe doing at least one thing productive may put you on your mom’s good list.