Sleepless Nights

So, I'm sitting here, finishing up reading people's stories and trying to figure out what to write for this blog post. Then I remember what time of year this was: the time for sleepless nights.

With everyone having finals coming up, last projects or final papers to work on, even people who have jobs that they juggle along with all of the school work, we are the same in that our eyes, as much as they want to close, must remain open. Coffee or alternatives to it being guzzled down to bring our caffeine levels up.

Yesterday, my boyfriend had only gotten fifteen minutes worth of sleep (by accident) and had to skip a class to make up for not finishing something despite an all nighter working on it. What I'm wondering is at what point is going through these cycles worth it?

Sure, we'll all be working on our revisions soon and some of us will go on to test in subjects of science, words, or whatever it is people are striving to become after college, but what good is it when no matter what you do, no matter how much time you give away from your body to just barely finish a work?

The work is not done to its fullest potential. I've heard people say that they do better on things that they worked on the night before or that they weren't even trying and got a good grade. It seems as though the most talented parts we have to write or to work is done when we just don't have the energy to care anymore.

And should we really be in the puddle that is this field of carelessness? Where we can just spout out words and expect good things from them? If only it were easier, one would say. But instead, everything comes crashing at you and you just have to learn to deal with those sleepless nights once more.

(Sleepy time rant).