I had this weird 1 a.m. moment where I checked my bank balance, thought about my weekend plans, and realized those two things did not agree with each other at…
My back started complaining before my GPA did. One night in the library, hunched over my laptop, I realized my "study setup" was basically a slow-motion injury. It was not…
I had this weird 1 a.m. moment while packing for a weekend trip: my backpack had both a travel adapter and three different highlighters. Was I going on holiday or…
I was halfway through a 9 pm problem set when it hit me: I am doing all this work for grades, but zero for money. Then I opened a tab,…
I still remember refreshing my email outside the library, praying for that subject line to say "Congratulations". It did not. It said "We regret to inform you", and suddenly my…
I realized around week 5 of the semester that I only existed in three tabs: my bed, the lecture hall, and my phone. That weird restless feeling I kept dragging…
I caught myself staring at our kitchen bin at 1 a.m. last week, wondering how four students could produce that much trash in 24 hours. It felt less like a…
Last semester I realized I had spent 40 minutes color-coding a habit tracker and exactly 0 minutes doing the reading I made the tracker for. That was my first real…
I was staring at the shared kitchen at 1 a.m., surrounded by abandoned air fryers and broken blenders, and realized something strange: nobody could cook, but everyone had gadgets. At…
I used to brag about pulling all-nighters. Then I realized during a 3 p.m. lab that my brain had quietly checked out and left my body on autopilot. So I…