College is a weird time. You are like a fake adult. You're still on the same bullshit that was high school, but now you live on campus. You still have some teachers that straight up ruin your life, and people are still immature. But you now have bills, and your allowance isn't enough.
College is like a zone where you can take baby steps to become an adult. But often times, life throws obstacles at you, and you can't dodge them, so they end up knocking you down, 20 times a day.
I've come to terms with the struggles of school, and realized that the best part about college are the lessons that you learn outside the classrooms.
1. How to read people:
If you get a weird feeling, you're right. No matter how nice that person may be, your red flags are being flown! Take it from experience, I am surrounded by nice people, that still manage to do hurtful shit. But at the end of the day, those kinds of friends suck. I learned that when you think you start to know someone, they turn around and show you another side, and that's that. Reading people is not easy, and it definitely doesn't make sense. What you can do, is stick to people that are honest. Because even when honest people hurt you, they apologize.
2. Leggings are your best friends, unless you're a business major. Then they are your enemies!
College is pretty cool because you get to express your fashion sense. Unless you're a business major, then black is your only friend. Although you may think that college is this free spirit kind of place, it actually is not. Be mindful of what you wear depending on your major.
3. Home cooked meals are a rare luxury!!
Want something healthy? $20. Want trash food with chemicals? $1.20. Want to save money and be healthy? $10 plus 5 hours of cooking. All that math made my head hurt, Ramen it is.
4. Anything that can go wrong, WILL go wrong.
Need to finish your final paper that is worth 70% of your grade? Yup, your computer will break.
Need to print your final paper? There will be no more paper, the trees left the planet.
You have 20 minutes to go back to your apartment to grab your extra assignment credit that you forgot? You locked yourself out and your roommates are in Hawaii.
Need snacks for the library to pull all-nighters? Your bank account is at -$600.5.
5. Group projects? no such thing!
Every group project I've had, just gets worse. Unless someone is an anal soul snatching person, everyone will leave it for last minute. One person is bound to do 65%, another 20%, another10%, and the lazy one 5% of the work. Funniest part is, some professors will not care who did what.
6. No matter how much self-discipline you have, if your brain doesn't feel like it, the brain will not do it.
You have 2 days. That's plenty of time to study for your bullshit, but hard junior seminar. Oh, whats that?
Brain: I don't feel like it?
Oh sure thing. Take as much time as you want? How long do you need? An hour?
Brain: No!
No?
Brain: 10 years?
That's not feasible I'm sorry.
Brain: reads the same sentence 73 times and still doesn't understand what it says.
7. Just because it's a half-credit course, doesn't necessarily mean it will be less work.
See a class with an interesting name? DON'T DO IT! IT'S A TRAP! Just because it's a half credit or an elective, doesn't mean it will be easier. You learn that taking the easy way out, doesn't always work.
8. If you have a hard major, you will have no life
TO BE OR NOT TO BE?! Is it too late to become an au pair?
9. Stupid mistakes are only acceptable in college!
Lip tattoo? Why not?
Eat 3 boxes of Oreos? Sure honey!
Blackout by 3 pm? Duh!!
This is the only place where it is acceptable to be DUMB! I mean seriously, you are surrounded by the weirdest people, and it's okay! Compared to my peers, I look like I have my life together; when it is clearly a lie! I still eat cold pizza for breakfast!
10. Retail therapy is expensive.
Your bank account says $3.27 and you need to make it last a week.
Feeling sad? Want to make yourself feel pretty and treat yourself? Ha.Ha.Ha. Find another therapy!
