So, we are nearing the end of another year. It's only November, but Thanksgiving is almost here. For those in college, here's some time to finally relax from college and focus on something else besides just making the deadlines. You've worked hard, so here's your time to take it easy.

Thanksgiving, as we all know by now, is a holiday where we celebrate everything we have and show how thankful we are. Life provides so much to us and empowers us to do so many things. Some we expect, and some we don't. Hopefully, we're all thankful for what we learn along the way.

As a college student, it's nice to have some time to relax because I'm so consumed with college from Monday to Friday (I prefer to still keep my weekends) that it's nice to think about something other than college every minute. It's nice to differentiate college time and off time. I'm sure all the college students can relate. College is a full-time responsibility.

It can become a vicious cycle in its own way, but it's beneficial for the future, so there's no turning back. If you have the opportunity, take it. Sure, there's stress but some kind of stress comes with everything in life, it's all in how you manage it.

A good friend of mine once posted a photo on Instagram, and it was a quote by Lena Horne and it said, "It's not the load that breaks you down. It's the way that you carry it."

That quote just hit me and it made me realize that we are in control of how we react to and handle what happens to us. Surely, obstacles are going to come at you, but if you can go through all that and still be genuinely good, that's truly something to be thankful for. More often than not, we let what comes at us bother us and let us become negative. The true test is being able to go through all this be genuinely good. That is the very power of being alive.