After weeks of nonstop procrastination, sleepless nights, battling with the heat of the sun and constantly waiting for the weekend – the time has come. My first month as a Development Communication student has passed. I still couldn’t believe how fast it was. One minute, I was packing my things for my college life. The next minute, I already passed the first month of being a college student. For that first month, I already experienced both highs and lows that college life has to offer (and many more has yet to come). Here are some of those lessons.
1. Prioritize your health – Balance your time and learn how to stop when you feel exhausted or burnout. Your health is as valuable as your grades. Know your limits and don’t push yourself too hard. Have a rest first and try not to be overwhelmed with your school works and upcoming tests.
2. It is okay to say no – Speak what you truly feel. It is okay to say no when you don’t feel like doing it. Do not be afraid. If people will cut ties with you for saying no to them, then so be it. Let them go. You can never please everyone. If they are truly your friends, they will understand you.
3. Be independent – It’s not every time that someone can go with you wherever you want to go. Learn to understand that people are busy living their lives, trying to survive college. If you want to go out and eat but you have no companion, then you should still go out and eat. Establishing a sense of independence will help you be more confident and will help you stand on your own feet.
4. Stay away from people who are bad influence – There are many kinds of people. Among those are people who can make you move ahead and those that will hold you back. If the people you are associating yourself with are among the latter, then stay away from them. If they are manipulating you, pressuring you to do things against your will and making you feel bad about something which you didn’t intend to do, then stay away from them.
5. Stop comparing yourself to others – You should learn to develop having your sense of self – worth. We are created to be different and unique, not to be clones of each other.
No matter what happens, try to enjoy college as much as possible. Your four years (or more) in college will teach you valuable lessons more than you’ll ever know.
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