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The Mid-Semester Slump, As Told By Michael Scott

It happens to the best of us

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The Mid-Semester Slump, As Told By Michael Scott

Ah, mid-semester. A time for tears, zero brain activity, and procrastination galore. We all know the feeling, in fact, most of us are experiencing it right now. College is hard, there's no denying it. But we somehow make it though, semester after semester. As a sophomore in college, I have reached the realization that Mid-Semester Slump is a very real and very dangerous epidemic. It's a soul-sucking monster that always comes back to rear its ugly head. The excitement of being back at college for another year is long gone and all that eagerness has warn off. The weather sucks, we're swimming in assignments, and we have no money. Instead of going out and having care-free fun like we did at the beginning of the semester, we cocoon ourselves into comforter burritos on our twin XL beds and watch "Grey's Anatomy" for five straight hours. 'Cause that solves all our problems, right? The Mid-Semester Slump is a bitch, but of course, no one can explain that better than Michael Scott.

You're totally out of money...even though you still have a month until Christmas break.

Your essays are becoming progressively worse.

You feel as if there is no hope for your grades.

Procrastination is your BFF.

You're tired of pretending to like your professors.

This is how you feel when you have three tests in one day...

When you see a dog on campus it's the happiest day of your life.

You stop pretending that you have your life together.

You start questioning everything you thought you knew.

You hide from all your problems by curling up in your bed for hours.

All you want is someone to tell you everything will work out fine.

You go a little too crazy on the weekends.

You're distracted by the smallest things.

All your can do is pray for Christmas break to come faster.

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