Sleeping off spring fever

As most anyone who is in college knows, school can be pretty stressful. Fortunately for us, someone invited spring break.

According to TripSmarter.com, spring break dates back to as far as Ancient Greeks, when people began noticing a sense of restlessness during the spring. America did not pick up the spring break bug until the First World War after witnessing Europeans heavily partying during this period. The Great Depression put a halt to our party-hardy ways and it never really picked up again until the 60's when it seemed like spring break never ended.

Lately, though, it doesn't feel like it's almost spring time. It's hard to feel festive with the current state of the economy.

The truth of the matter is that many students can not afford to live the party lifestyle this year regardless of whether or not spring break is coming up. It always seems like students lack money for essentials like rent, gas and groceries but seem to be able to afford to small luxuries.

Now is not the time to squander your money on a bottle of Crown Royal or have a cup of Starbucks everyday and then wonder at the end of the month why you have no money.

My suggestion to college students everywhere, who are having a hard enough time getting by as it is, find ways to enjoy yourself on spring break AFTER being responsible.

Make sure you have enough money for rent. If not, maybe you shouldn't go to Sixth Street every night just because you don't have school for the week. If you never have enough money for gas, you should fill up your gas tank as soon as you get paid.

There is, however, one essential activity that must be done during spring break: Sleeping. With class not in session, your time, the most valuable asset you have anyways, is free.

There are no forty minute trips early in the morning stuck in traffic to get to school, no rushing to get homework done at the last minute and no tests.

So your time is freed up to do the more important things like sit on the couch and stare at a wall, daydream in your nice cozy bed or stay up late talking to your friends on the phone without worrying about having to get up early.

The focus of spring break has often been to party and party hard at that. What about relaxation, rejuvenation and rest? Maybe if we took advantage of the spring break to just chill, we would gain a greater appreciation of what we have and not feel the need to spend money we don't have.