Tips for tip top spring break shape

With Spring Break just around the corner, here's some help to get you in tip-top shape. Cheers to the best spring break to come!

Final exams: what's really the point?

So, like the rest of the student population, I'm currently experiencing the stress, exhaustion, and pure hatred that comes with final exams week.  There's something about studying one subject for ten-plus hours at a time that can really just make you hate, and I mean absolutely despise, that topic.  In between ruffling through detailed study guides, semester's worths of readings, chugging down coffee, fighting for space in the library, and silently praying to the sleep gods for the sweet release of my bed, I took a step back and asked myself: what's really the point?

College: living it up vs. locking it down

As a college student, I feel like I'm constantly struggling to find a balance between living it up and having a good time with my friends, and doing things that are going to benefit me in the long run.  People say that college is the only time you'll ever have to live with virtually no responsibilities, be surrounded by your friends 24/7, and drink to the verge of alcoholism with it being acceptable.  They say to take advantage of it, to enjoy it, because you'll never get those four years back.  But, I ask you, isn't this also a vital time to be preparing for your life after college ends?  Isn't this a time to be buckling down on the classes you spend tens of thousands of dollars on a year?  Isn't this a time to be getting jobs and finding internships so you know what career path you want to pursue?