As students stagger into libraries Sunday evening, they are forced to grapple with a rather painful realization: Even seemingly invincible UC Berkeley students can fail to achieve their goals. Here are the five ambitions students start every weekend with but never actually achieve.

Ambition: “I’m going to catch up on reading for all my classes.”

Result: “Tomorrow, I promise.”

Ambition: “I’m not going to waste a single moment of my precious free time.”

Result: “My weekend was … chill.”

Ambition: “I’m going to write my entire essay on Saturday!”

Result: At 8 p.m. Sunday, “Which book is it on … ?”

Ambition: “I’m going to go out and meet someone really great.”

Result: “I remembered why I’m single.”

Ambition: “I’m going to get the best tan ever on Memorial Glade.”

Result: “Don’t touch my sunburn!”

Ambition: “I’m going to spend the weekend relaxing and de-stressing, so I can go all out next week.”

Result: “I need to recover from my weekend … ”

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