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15 Signs You’re Nailing the Work Hard / Play Hard Life

Why do a normal amount to work every day, when you can do a ton of work the first half of the week and drink a ton of tequila the rest of the week? Maybe you’re working for the weekend, but you’re working hard. You get everything done, but you won’t deny yourself a chance to have fun:

  1. You’re perfectly happy to give yourself a crazy schedule, so long as it means you get a three-day weekend. Working overdrive Monday through Thursday is so worth it for a free Friday.
  2. You are a champion drinker, be it coffee or cocktails.
  3. You can write a paper with a slight buzz on. Actually, you can write a better paper with a slight buzz on.
  4. Tired? You? It’s barely even 1am! You’ll sleep when you’re dead! Why is everyone else going to bed??
  5. Your study playlist is so boss, the only thing that beats it is your pump up playlist. Yeah, you still have Turn Down for What on both playlists, because you’re living life.
  6. When you crash, you crash hard. Like, blanket burritos and Disney movies for a full day while you recharge back to your intimidating level of energy.
  7. You’re kinda addicted to that sense of accomplishment you get when you finish off a killer paper just in time for happy hour. Ten pages on why The Great Gatsby is all about how hollow party culture is, and then straight to the bar.
  8. You’ve been known to take a dance break from the library, show everyone up with your signature moves, and then duck back into the library for some more work and maybe just one more beer.
  9. Yeah, you roll up to your summer internship hungover most days, but you don’t let the other interns’ side-eye get you down. You know you’re perfectly capable of bouncing back. You just need to keep Advil on your person at all times.
  10. Group projects are the bane of your existence. Look, people, just get your shit done in a timely fashion so we can all get trashed, ok?? PLEASE?
  11. If it comes to it, you will pick up everyone else’s slack and do the whole goddamn group project by yourself. And you will complain the whole time. But you will also not allow these fools to keep you from your happy hour.
  12. People have trouble understanding that you’re a party animal and a responsible human person. Like, yes, you will be able to give that presentation tomorrow, you know your own limits, now please pass the sangria.
  13. You’ve found a way to answer emails while doing your make up. Responding to employers is not going to stop you from having a killer cat-eye.
  14. Day-to-night looks are your jam. Just unbutton a few buttons and let your hair down—instantly ready for a concert or wherever else the night is going to take you.
  15. You might seem like a multi-tasker, but really you only expend energy on things that matter—and people who matter. People who can appreciate a well-crafted sentence and a well-crafted beer are your kind of people. You have no time for slackers or bores, because you party as hard as you work and you’re not about doing things halfway.