You didn’t win the lottery, and class didn’t get canceled, but life is better because it’s fall.

You can walk outside, and it no longer feels like you’re in an oven. Everything smells like pumpkin spice. You can wear your favorite sweatshirts and not sweat anymore.

There are a million reasons why fall is the best season in Baton Rouge, especially for a college student.

Midterms are done, and you can look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Football season is in full swing, and you’ll no longer melt in the parade grounds at noon. There’s a chilly breeze that counteracts the still-shining rays of the sun—the perfect weather for being outside.

Fall has many traditions that make it such an enjoyable season. From pumpkin painting to visiting a pumpkin patch, apple picking and getting lost in a corn maze, fall activities bring us out to nature and take us back to childhood.

From the “It’s Corn!” song that went viral last year to the ever-resilient trendiness of Ugg boots throughout the years, fall has so many symbols that make it such a beloved season.

Like the Charlie Brown pumpkin patch episode or Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well (10 Minute Version),” there are some things we just fall back to every time fall comes around to fill us with that feeling of coziness and home. Whether you like hot chocolate or pumpkin-spiced lattes, fall is the season to grab a warm drink and curl with a good mystery book or watch a Disney classic.

And the food also makes fall the best season. When else can you eat Trader Joe’s apple cider doughnuts? Cinnamon rolls, caramel apples, pecan pies, buttery popcorn, warm doughnuts, sweet potato pudding, cranberry sauce—the list goes on.

Fall fashion is also a favorite of mine. You can dress fashionably and not freeze or sweat. Knitted cardigans and sweaters, Ugg boots and fuzzy scarfs, your favorite oversized hoodie or mono-color crewneck, ankle boots with patterned socks and, let’s not forget, beige or tan fedoras.

Yes, all this and more makes fall so special. I could write about it forever. And maybe it’s not everyone’s favorite season, but there really is nothing not to love about fall.

So immerse yourself in this too-short season and breathe in all the cinnamon-scented candles. Go outside and appreciate the foliage. For, in fall, you can almost feel time slow down and see it pass by as the blowing wind ruffles the leaves in the trees and knocks them to the ground, where they crunch delightfully under footsteps. 

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Isabella Albertini is a 23-year-old mass communication junior from Lima, Peru.