After exiting high school, I was more than ready to leave the unnecessary drama and the people who started it behind. College is a place for adults to expand their minds during the most crucial years of their lives, or so I thought. Not too long after diving into my university, I found out that there are plenty of people who drag their drama into this new chapter of life, and what a mess it is for everyone else.

People will always talk and they will talk about you. Sometimes it’s kind but sometimes it’s malicious and soaked in lies. This soaking rag of slander is lit by rumors, gossip and drama; before you know it, it gets back to you and your feelings are bound to get hurt. The ball is now in your court and this time, let it die there.

The answer to avoiding drama has been in front of our faces for too long:stop taking everything personally. People who spread drama are insecure. They think that digging at others is going to make them feel and look better but eventually they’ll figure out that they are quite wrong. While they are figuring this out, all you can do it stop listening. Stop reacting. Stop thinking everything people are saying on social media is about you. Stop letting these kinds of people in your life. Stop being so sensitive. Stop crying over people who don't matter.

Maybe the above sounds a little harsh but trust me, it works. Going into my third year, I am incredibly lucky to have been able to weed out the people who are unneeded in my life. I stopped taking offense to anything people had to say about, well, anything and I stopped listening to what people were saying about me. Going through life as my genuine self is the most enjoyable way to live it. That is how you find the good people. Genuine folks are magnetically pulled to other genuine ones and before you know it, you will be surrounded by the best people you could ever know.