Have you ever had that moment of looking at the sea of shopping bags around you and out loud go "what the hell did I just buy?". No? Only me?. Well, as I'm sitting on the couch looking at all the bags surrounding me, I don't know if I should be happy I just purchased so many cute things or upset that I blew my entire paycheck in 3 hours. My friends and I were literally just going for a walk towards a heavily shop-able area and the next thing I know it's like I blacked out, my arm still worked and my debit card had a mind of its own. Like, did I really need that charcoal face mask that I know will probably give me a face rash but want to believe it won't? Well listen here kids, rash or not, you need to treat yourself once in a while.

If you don't watch Parks and Recreation, then maybe you haven't heard of the sacred day that Tom Haverford and Donna Meagle have deemed as "Treat Yo Self" day. It's the one day of the year, other than your birthday that's the best day of the year. On this day, the two buy anything they want without any regret or pain over their bank account balance.

So what I, and my fellow friends who spent just a little bit of cash on everything under the sun, have decided that everyone should at least give themselves this type of break every once and a while. Yes! That includes you! Whether it's buying those shoes that are so cute even though you know they're going to hurt so bad but want them desperately anyway or just buying yourself a donut. You should always treat yo self!

Listen to Tom and Donna. Or really, listen to me because I'm trying to help you out here. I'm giving you good reason to go out into the world and buy things. It's hard to get throughout the weeks sometimes. There might be a long paper you just wrote, you have class until 10pm, your day at work was bonkers, there is a presentation that's coming up and you didn't even start, or you're just tired. As college students, we shouldn't always be working, or studying. Even non-college students get this pass. EVERYONE SHOULD TREAT THEMSELVES! There's gotta be a day where you make yourself happy.

Now, I'm not saying you only have to go buy something in order to treat yo self. You can literally go outside and pet a dog. Just distress yo self and live life. You can always go cry over that 10-page paper tomorrow.