I managed to escape the curse of the all nighter until my third year (unless the Royal Wedding counted). It hasn't been easy, and it's definitely been a curse, but I've learned that there seems to be a riveting hourly breakdown that follows in what all nighters for the average student looks like. A window into what essay cramming in one night is like. Warning: the following will feel all too familiar, unpleasant, and may bring back some painful reminders.
7pm: Fresh out of dinner with coffee(ssssss) in hand, and (half) your research done, it's go time!
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7:30pm:
JSTOR spree! If only there weren't so many pdfs setting up camp on your desktop...maybe you should have started sooner.
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8:00pm: Your friend decides to come join you aka someone to watch your things while you momentarily leave the room every hour to regain sanity
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9pm: Outline is done, now for a Facebook break!
9:45pm: Your friend decides to leave...weakling...
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...You shoot a disapproving look as you resume you tweeting about the trials and tribulations of being a student.
Midnight: Bring out your coffee machine, time to start draft #1.
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2am: Wait...your thesis..WHERE DID THE THESIS GO? What
is my thesis?
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2:30am: Draft #2 begins....scour wait-lists for possible writing centre appointment. Will accept anything up to an hour before deadline at 10am.
4am: Still on draft #2. Time for a 20 minute nap.
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6am: THIRD DRAFT IS DONE. Three is all you need...right?
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6:45am: The sun is coming up. How long has it been?
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7am: Coffee bean supply becomes non existent.
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8:00am: Citation time!
8:15am: Whaaa? WHY is
Purdue Owl down? NO! NOT NOW! OF ALL THE TIMES.
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9:30am: 30 minute nap before class.
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10:00am: SUBMIT
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10:10am: Crawl back into bed, tell yourself you'll never do this again.
-Vahini
Soo true… Hopefully it doesn’t happen this week *Looks at calendar with 3 essays due within the next two weeks*
Damn…
Three drafts? Ain’t nobody got time for that. I’m lucky if I ever finish a second draft…
I thought this was going to be a whole essay about all nighters and then I read the first point and i’m honestly in the EXACT SAME situation hahahaha!!! My entire desktop is open with JSTOR pdf articles. I now know i can relate to everybody else when it comes to writing night before essays …
Omg. Thanks for this. xD