<p>I partied a lot throughout high school, freshmen year of college, and a good amount of this recent fall semester. I've gone out a couple times this spring, but I've recently kind of stopped. I found out that I'm going on vacation to St. John immediately after finals, then I have a fun summer vacation planned, and I'm going abroad to London in the fall. I've saved money by not going out that much this semester so far. I still hang out with friends a lot during the day, too. But has anyone ever done this? Taken a break from the college party scene? Is it difficult to rejoin? I've also become a lot more serious about losing weight by the end of the semester, so I've been filling time by going to the gym as well, since it's open until 10:30, and not drinking probably has helped out there, too. I've been more focused on my courses as well. Trying to bump up that GPA that took a hit freshmen year...</p>
<p>But seriously, has anyone else done this, or something similar? I just have so much to look forward to and I feel like this next month is just a space filler.</p>
<p>desktablechair, yes we all have at least those of us that are past our freshmen year and those of us that wanted to make something of our lives.</p>
<p>So dont worry, you should be proud or yourself. Dont worry about the missed parties. If you play your cards right NOW your entire life can be a party.</p>
<p>It feels different doesnt it? You feel like your missing out? It is perfectly normak, what you are feeling is called: GROWING UP.</p>
<p>It is OK so relax and welcome to the real world.</p>
<p>I’ve skipped partying and going out for this semester (actually, for the whole year…), but I don’t think there will be an issue with rejoining it. Enjoy your awesome vacation!</p>
<p>You mean you’re growing up and taking on more responsibility?</p>
<p>@gator</p>
<p>Cause you clearly can’t party citizen and make something out of your life…</p>
<p>What you don’t realize is that you might not want to rejoin the party scene. It is always going to be there, but if you have outgrown it then you will never have all the fun that you had before. That is OK, by the way. It is a good think to start thinking about the future instead of just the night ahead or only as far as the next test. </p>
<p>Give yourself a pat on the back for taking care of business the way you have so far. Losing weight can be so hard, unless you say, quite drinking for a while. And it is amazing how much money you can save when you aren’t out all the time as well. You probably feel a lot better physically also. I also wonder of you have made some new friends that have a schedule more like what you have been doing(working out and not partying…)</p>
<p>My experience was that once i stopped going out, i never wanted to party as much after that. Maybe it was the group that i was with or the time in my life. I stopped going out so much because of staying at home with a serious spousal equivalent, after that, when i had the time (and singleness) to go out, it wasn’t the same. I switched to doing stuff like going to movies and dinner with friends and you will probably find that you want to do the same thing too.</p>
<p>After the first quarter of my sophomore year, I basically quit the “party scene” altogether. I was never much of a partier in the first place, but I decided to focus more on my academics and extracurriculars, which was a great decision in retrospect. Personally, I’m in a sorority, so it would be easy to “rejoin” the scene at any time, but I don’t really have any plans to do so in the near future.</p>