I was up all night recently. I didn’t go to bed until about 7 o’clock in the morning. It nearly killed me. But I used to do that all the time! It was just seven years ago! What happened to me? And so of course I got nostalgic and had to eat chocolate, but I also thought about the things I miss about my college years. I’m kind of surprised by how many there are!
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Sleep
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In retrospect it seems like I got the most sleep ever and no sleep at all during those four years of my life. Because I would get by on something like four hours of sleep a night during the week, and then sleep until the afternoon on Saturday and Sunday. And I had naps back then! I miss naps. Ugh.
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Energy
What happened? I had so much energy back then. I could go for days as long as I had Starbucks and Pop Tarts. I had all the time in the world because I got everything done as fast as I could. With the exception of my sophomore slump semester, I actually still got my homework done early just so I had more time to do anything else.
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All Nighters
Right. Staying up until the next morning didn’t phase me, are you kidding? I’d just hop in the shower, get dressed, and go to class -- and take a nap when I got home. Trying to do anything like now results in horrible, terrible things, and I need to remember to avoid it at all costs.
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Snow Days
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Naturally, we didn’t get many snow days, but on the days you find out your only class for that day has been cancelled, it’s a sweet feeling. I’ll have to remember how awesome snow days are some time way later, when I have kids and they have snow days.
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Irresponsibility
This was the last time in my life I felt all right about messed up priorities. What kind of messed up priorities? The kind where it seemed okay to go to a concert the night before a final exam, get home 2 hours before class, cram, and take the exam in my pajamas. Oh yeah.
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Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Cramming
I still love working under pressure, but sadly my mad memorization skills aren’t really necessary at this point in my life. There’s nothing I need to learn in ten minutes, remember for a few hours, and then forget forever. I don’t even remember what I was cramming for … what did I learn in astronomy again?
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Writing Papers
I know, I know, I really am a complete nerd. But I loved writing papers. I never did them until the last possible minute, I was always in the weeds up against the deadline, and I always made it. Bad, bad habits, I know, but I enjoyed it so much.
I was sort of a boring college kid. I didn’t do beer night or keggers or anything, but still, I had a wicked good time. Would I trade then for now? Now way. Do you have a favorite time of your life? Would you trade?
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