Partying

Every university seems to have a night of the week that is the "big night" to go out. This is aside from Friday and Saturday, which are also big nights. You may even find that there are different drink specials at different bars every night of the week that you get invited out for. The key is to choose a few nights to go out to truly enjoy yourself as opposed to partying every night in fear that you might miss out on a great time.

I remember Halloween weekend I had some work to catch up on: readings and essays to write, not to mention a second set of midterms quickly approaching. I had already gone out one night that weekend and had a great time. But my friends insisted that I join them in some festivities again, and I gave in. I woke up late the next day and somewhat regretted going out. I had spent the morning sleeping and didn’t have much energy to get back into homework mode.

There is always fun to be had and there is always work to be done. So I was confronted with similar situations several times throughout the year. My experience taught me that sometimes you have to stay in. You have to start that paper tonight or get uncontrollably far behind. Then, when your friends come around again, you can say yes, go out, enjoy the evening, and end up with a good feeling about what you've done. You've earned a break, taken it, and enjoyed it.