It's really different coming to college than it was in high school. You took a bus into school and stayed there for a couple of hours and went home. It was like a door to door service-- everything's provided for you, you never really have to worry about anything. I definitely struggled in the beginning because I was just like, oh my goodness, I have so much free time. And then I, after I factored in, like, all the academic stuff, I was like mmm... I was a part of a lot of things in high school. And I feel like that helps me with my time management skills, like it gave me like an introduction to like, how I should manage my time. Coming to college, you have to decide what clubs you want to do, how to manage your classes, how to take personal time to yourself. And that was a little bit difficult. Working in things that like are important to me that like I like make excuses not to do. So like, like couple days ago, like I just made a list of like, these are things that are gonna make your wellbeing better if you just do them every day. And it's like just draw a little bit or like do something because it's easy when you're here at first to lose all that. I have to be really structured. And you know, football helps that a lot. Because I know because I have football, I have to do XYZ at a certain time. I like keeping a planner and specifically the planner that I have is like a time block planner. So I get to like highlight when I'm busy like specific hours. Yellow is like for classes, and then pink's for dance. And then blue is like for tutoring sessions or like other meetings that I have to go to. What I do is I make like different activities like designing and working on stuff, I make them like a treat. So I'll be like, I can't do that until I do this. Make a schedule for yourself and stick to it and then you will find that you do have time to socialize and do other stuff. Once you start managing your time. It's pretty easy. The hardest part is like getting through the gate just walking through the door. What advice would you give an incoming first year student? Grind, first. Party later, Just relax like it's not, don't stress over it because it's not worth it Coming in-- You can get lost in it. I think I kind of did for a minute where I just had it was a little bit overwhelmed by everything-- that that everything needed to change. But it doesn't, and you can get through it. As long as you just continue being yourself even though it's cheesy.
