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12 Things To Stop Apologizing For

“I’m sorry.” It’s one simple phrase and yet it holds so much meaning. So why do people throw it around so often? We seem to say I’m sorry for so many things and a lot of times it’s out of habit. While it is an appropriate thing to say in certain situations we shouldn’t just throw it around to the point where it loses all of its meaning,  so here are 15 things you should stop apologizing for. 12. Crying. Crying is a natural thing that all people do. You may cry in random situations and you may cry when other people think it isn’t necessary, but you still have nothing to apologize for. Emotions are a tricky thing and sometimes you may find yourself crying a reason you absolutely cannot locate – but that’s okay! Who cares if you’re crying because your favorite fictional character died? Who cares if you’re crying because

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10 Things You Should Stop Wasting Your Meal Points On

There comes a time every semester when we start to run low on our meal points, but for some reason we can’t bring ourselves to stop wasting money on things we know that we don’t really need. Eventually we end up with no money at all and we immediately start to regret our poor finance skills, but at the time it didn’t really matter. All that mattered was how much you wanted that chocolate bar or that bag of chips. If you’re one of those people then you should definitely stop wasting your meal points on these ten things. 10. Late night meals If you’re like me then you probably end up getting food in the middle of the night because your friends invite you to get food with them. You say you’re not hungry but when you actually walk into the building you find yourself buying food whether it’s a full meal or a simple brownie sundae.

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10 Signs You Shouldn’t Study In Public Places

When it comes to studying everyone has their own study habits. You may find your friends asking if you want to study at the library or the computer lab, but for some people the best option is to study in private. Whether you need to study alone so that you can concentrate or just because you’d distract other people, here are 10 signs that you’re probably one of those people. 10. You’re the first to volunteer to do anything other than study. If you study with friends and all of you get hungry, you’re probably the one to immediately offer to go get snacks for everyone. Or if someone needs supplies that none of you have you offer to go get it for them. You’d basically do anything to get away from studying and this is the perfect excuse for you to get up and waste time. 9. You get sleepy while studying. If

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True Life: I Realized “Home” Isn’t My Home Anymore

During my first year of college I wasn’t used to being away from home or my friends and family so any time I was able to go home I would jump at the chance. It was something that I always looked forward to and would get excited about because I would finally be able to hang out with my friends and family again (and sleep in my own bed). But as the year ended at I found myself at home for the entire summer with the realization that being home wasn’t as fun as I remember. All of my friends had gotten jobs and had gotten used to their lives without me in it so it became harder to try and hang out with them all. On top of that I had gotten used to my life in another state and being busy so often that coming back to a place where I had barely

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10 Struggles of Having a Messy Dorm

When you’re in college you’re more worried about class, homework, work, and your social life than you are about keeping your room clean. So, naturally, when keeping your room clean is at the bottom of your list of priorities it can get pretty messy. One thing leads to another and you keep saying you’re going to clean it later, but next thing you know your room looks like a tornado hit it and you don’t know where to begin. If this is a situation you can relate to, then this one’s dedicated to you! 10. When you try to look for one thing and it just makes a bigger mess. You know exactly where everything is in your room (it’s an organized mess, okay?), but when you try to move things around to get to that one thing you need it just ends up making a bigger mess. Now you basically hate