From Meal Plans to Having Fun and Everything in Between
1. Find your best study space
· Take some time to figure out where you’re the most productive and the most comfortable. Don’t go to the library just because it’s the one your friend likes. Find the one you like. Do you like it being quieter? Louder? Or do you work better alone in your room? With your friends? Outside?
2. If you didn't develop a coffee addiction in high school, you will now
· Need I say more? I function because of caffeine.
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3. The meal plan was a waste of money
· On the day of orientation I was too overwhelmed to consider how much i actually eat. For the majority of my meals I eat at the sorority house. If I didn't do that maybe I wouldn't feel as though I'm wasting money, but in reality I am. I kept the meal plan because some days I have class during the sorority meal hours, but on those days I usually just eat Subway. The dining hall seems like a great deal, but that's only if I like the food, which is rare. The only good part is the ice cream and the espresso machine (when its working.)
4. Change your perspective
· I found a library I liked, but I also realized once the weather wasn’t so hot I liked working outside more. Change your space depending on how you feel. It may not help to stay in the same spot for 6 hours cramming for an exam. Get up in between studying, get a snack, breathe, move around, continue your studying in a new place.
5. Take pictures
· Not just staged ones, but random ones, laughing ones. Not the posed fake laugh, a genuine laugh that reminds you when you look back that you were truly living your best life.
6. ALWAYS do your best work, but find a good medium
· In terms of your grades and GPA, if you genuinely put in your best effort, that is what matters. You are in school for so much more than defining yourself by your GPA. It’s a lesson I wish I learned in high school, but my high school GPA got me to where I am today. Now, I’m at a top 7 public university to learn and participate in more than just the classroom.
7. Know your limits
· As my mother always says, go out, have fun, but “act like a lady.”
8. Take time for yourself
· You’re in a sorority. You’re making new friends. You have a roommate. You’re going out. You’re going to class. But do not forget to do what you like. Sit outside and read. Watch a movie. Just sit inside and listen to music.
9. Talk to anybody
· The cool girl brushing her teeth next to you in the communal bathroom; the girl sitting next to you in your stats lab; the guy you always see in the Starbucks line; the people cheering next to you at football games (another lesson: go to football games.) You never know who will be a good friend or who you might have a class with again next semester.
10. Call your mama
· Once again, need I say more? Feeling homesick? Call your mom. Feeling lonely? Call your mom. Stressed? Overwhelmed? Happy? Excited? Call your mom. She wants you to. You know you want to.
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