Stepping into my senior year at the beginning of this year, I thought that I wouldn’t be hit with the stereotypically tidal wave of senioritis. But I was wrong.

At first I was working hard and full of an indescribable drive to do perfect, but by October that drive had faded and I was slowly becoming infected with the laziness and procrastination of senioritis.

Last year I was excited to be a senior. I was eagerly counting down the days till my inevitable promotion to top of the school. All summer long I stressed my way through college applications, got in contact with my teachers and worked in the newsroom for ages. It was major insanity on my part but I wanted to be ready to work my butt off and to be the perfect student in the 2014-15 school year.

I mean on the first day of school, I got up early to triple check all of my supplies and to curl my hair and perfect my style and makeup. I wanted the year to go smoothly and for me to be like some sort of genius wonder woman. That lasted all of two months. I’ve started slacking in psychology, sleeping in class has become a bit of a regular, I’ve even gone out of my way to have multiple slacker classes so that I have next to no work.

Overall, the fall into senioritis is inevitable. My recommendation, don’t fight it. I did and let me tell ya, WORST CHOICE I’VE EVER MADE. It only made me super stressed out and scared me for a good long while. But once I succumbed to it, I leveled out and found a way to compromise. So yeah, I still have the long lasting symptoms of senioritis, but at least I can accomplish work at the last minute.