72 Things to Remember and Live By as a 4th Quarter Senior

72 Things to Remember and Live By as a 4th Quarter Senior

Ashleigh Lyons, Staff Writer
May 8, 2017

  1. The familiarity you’re feeling right now isn’t going to last that much longer. Enjoy it, love it, while it lasts
  2. Have so much fun, without reason
  3. Work hard, within reason
  4. Rebuild your burnt bridges
  5. You’re going to care a little less about your grades than you probably ought to
  6. Get rid of negative, petty, toxic friendships or relationships
  7. Don’t hate on prom, we all know you somewhere deep down love it, so go because someday you might regret not going
  8. Confess your love to your longtime crush
  9. Study for your AP exams, like, really study
  10. Go out more
  11. Clean up your social media
  12. Throw a party
  13. Stop caring about what your classmates think about you, you won’t know them in a few months
  14. Have a nice sit down meal with your friends that you all cook together
  15. Host a game night
  16. Spend more time with your family than you normally would, they’re going to miss you
  17. Start exercising now, because otherwise you never will
  18. The petty stuff will not matter in four months, don’t waste any of your time with it
  19. On graduation day go back to the places you loved growing up
  20. Eat at your favorite restaurant as often as you can, cause you will be a broke college student soon
  21. But also enjoy your mom’s home cooking
  22. Get the piercing you’ve always wanted
  23. Take loads of pictures and videos
  24. Hang out with your friends on school nights
  25. It feels like everything’s a last time, make that a positive thing
  26. Eat that donut, or that ice cream cone, but remember you’ll never be as skinny as you are now #freshman15isreal
  27. Thrive in the excitement and uncertainty of the entire second semester
  28. Learn to cook your favorite foods
  29. Be weird with your friends, like really weird
  30. Skip classes on those beautiful days and go to the beach, a park, or go for a picnic
  31. Don’t waste your energy acting negatively towards other, you won’t know them much longer
  32. TAKE PICTURES
  33. Stay up all night and learn how your body reacts to no sleep, practice makes perfect
  34. Say hi to people you are never going to see after graduation
  35. Take part in your senior prank
  36. Tell the teachers that meant something to you that they did
  37. Enjoy it now, because one day you’ll miss it
  38. Go to a basketball game, or a play, or a party, binge watching your netflix show can wait
  39. Don’t be afraid of anyone or anything
  40. Register to vote as soon as you turn 18
  41. Go on a road trip with your best friends
  42. Get a tattoo
  43. Go to as many concerts as you can, your taste in music will probably change
  44. Make a playlist of the songs that you played most in high school
  45. Revel in the nostalgia, but LIVE in the present
  46. Take part in senior skip day
  47. TAKE PICTURES
  48. Go on an adventure with your best friends
  49. Graduation day will be one of the best days of your life
  50. Go on an adventure with your friends, some of them won’t last past high school
  51. Take one last lap around your high school, even if you hated it there
  52. Laugh at everyone, at everything
  53. Save a little of your money every paycheck, you’ll thank yourself later
  54. The people you want to stay in touch with you will, don’t worry
  55. Hang out with your younger siblings, they’re going to miss you
  56. Tell your parents about your day when they ask, they’re going to miss you
  57. Go out of your way to thank them and tell them you love them
  58. TAKE PICTURES
  59. Blast your favorite songs and drive around town with the windows down and all your closest friends in the car
  60. Pull an all-nighter for no reason with some friends
  61. Go to Donut Delight as much as you can, there aren’t any outside of Connecticut
  62. Your teachers are really sad to see you go, hang out with them too
  63. Get your favorite teacher’s contact info, they’ll love to hear about how you’re doing once you’re in college
  64. Do random things with random groups of people, a lot of the time those are the best memories
  65. Enjoy the friendships that are strictly in-class-for-homework-friendships, their expiration date is coming
  66. Make your friend’s 18th birthday a big deal, it may be the last you celebrate together
  67. You’ll know where you want to go for the next four years, trust me you’ll feel it
  68. Regret literally nothing, have no shame
  69. Talk to someone you never would have had a conversation with, just because you might never see them again
  70. Get a job over the summer, because you’ll be happy to have some money for college
  71. Remember, your summer before college will be amazing but also heartbreaking, so do everything and anything you can to make it memorable.
  72. Did I mention take pictures? Because one day you’ll want to remember all of this…