Do you do a masters or get a job? What if none work out? It’s essential to find that balance between studying and enjoying what may be your last year in this vibrant city. It can be hard to part with the numerous tabs screaming your name on your browser, but it’s so worth it.

We are still technical students here so let’s not get too crazy. But one way to go all out is to plan a sort of ‘Eindhoven Bucket List’, a list of pre-planned activities ready to go. Hear me out, this list is for all those times when you’re having a lazy day and you really want to do something but don’t want the stress of thinking about it.

You see, it doesn’t have to be anything over the top. But if you’re all about an impromptu flight to one of Greece’s party islands (look up Mykonos) with your best buds, I can tell you, you’ll remember this trip more than grad-day.

Lists can be more chill too

But lists can be ‘more chill, less effort’ too; and here are some things I’ve managed to knock off mine. It’s going to that restaurant that seemed a little shady, or that Japanese all-you-can-eat. Or using the day pass of the NS brutally and travelling to every city to experience a little variation of Netherlands. It could be a chill day at a car-racing track in Best or going all out at a Burlesque Bar you just spotted on a street you frequent.

It could be a road trip to Germany for a rare long weekend, a vacation to Prague for the end-of-the-second-quartile or a bold day spent at Walibi’s Halloween Fright Nights (which btw is right around the corner). It could even be gathering your homebodies and staying in with those speakers blazing.

Because the least you want to do is burn out with heaps of work and still feel like you’ve missed that true Dutch experience. Because hey, isn’t that one reason we’re here for?

The end of a journey is always difficult, and a tiny bit of planning can help combat those final year blues.