YAY!

I know all of my fellow students and faculty can feel the excitement when we look in our calendars and notice that ONLY 7 days of school are left (not including Finals week, which every student pretends as long as possible is not there)!!

Can you believe the semester has gone by so quickly? Although today it seems as if the semester just started, if you had asked me on a test day I would have said the semester feels like it will never end.

Now, I know that Yasmeen commented on how to NOT procrastinate. Therefore, (*insert disclaimer here about how you should only do this occasionally) I am going to give you some suggestions on where to go or what to do when you need a "study break"

Lights of the Ozarks on the Fayetteville Square. This is a great place to go walk around in the crisp air. Don't forget your sunglasses or your coat! Also, for those of you with a cheesy side, they occasionally offer carriage rides.

Decorate for the Holidays. Now is the perfect opportunity to spend quality time with your BFF that you will not see for a month! My roommates and I donned tacky Christmas sweaters and decorated our Barbie Tree (Yes, it was pink. Yes, it had real and ornament Barbies. Yes, we are too old for this probably)

Surf the web. You can discover new and creative ideas for further procrastination. One of my favorite sites is Pintrest. Do not get the phone app if you want to have a life or pass finals. It is too addicting. Resist.

Stop by the Fulbright Advising Center to chat or make life decisions. Either way, we can help! Take ownership of your life. Be intentional about your decisions. Go confidently into you future!

Watch your favorite movie. Therefore, you can stop it whenever to go back to studying and not be distracted by what is going to happen next!

Spend time with your family. This goes through Finals week and into the break! Your family and you will most likely be spending more time than usual together during the holidays. It is usually a good idea to be on good terms! If you have received a text asking if "you are still alive", you may want to make a few phone calls.

Overall, remember to create strategies for your procrastination. Although this seems too ironic to make sense, spending too little or too much time studying may hurt you in the end. If you don't plan, you will be planning to fail :)

Best of luck during finals week to everyone!

Hope you all have a safe and joyous break!

Kaylan