Live The Life You Want To Live
With school beginning what are some thoughts that both new freshman and returning students need to be considering? You need to be thinking about what you want, who you want to be, and how you want this year to go. If there is one thing I can tell you from beginning a job in the real world is that time in college is precious. STOP waiting for things to happen for you. Just stop.
Your life is exactly what you want it to be. If you’re happy with it great, but if you’re not its a new year to make it what you want. If you’re returning to school you’ve already wasted at least one year. If you’re a freshman then this is your chance. Be who you’ve always wanted to be. At this point in your life there is no one you can blame for where your life is but you.
The first step to being who you want to be and living the college life you’ve always dreamed of living is figuring out what it is you want. Now everyone wants to graduate and everyone wants to do well enough in school to get the job they want etc… That’s not what I’m talking about. If you can’t handle your business on that front then you need to think about that first. What I’m talking about is building a life. Do you want to bethe frat guy and the life of the party? Do you want to be homecoming queen? Do you want to find your small close circle of friends that you will keep forever? Do you want to have plenty of dating options and the ability to put do those things on your own terms? Sit down, think about, and write down exactly who you want to be and what you want in your life for the next 4 years.
This is great advice for young students. Not many people take the time to step back and reflect on what’s going on in their life and where they want to go. If you don’t do this, before you know it your college career will be over and you may have some regrets. Definitely take the time to step back and do some reflection every now and then.
Thanks for the reply Stu. I definitely think so. My younger brother is now a freshman i college, so these are many of the things we’ve been talking about lately.