It's finally October — the time to start wearing all of your cute fall clothes and eating pumpkin spice everything that should and should not be pumpkin spice (I am looking at you, Cheerios). It's also time for midterms, and already wearing down and getting burned out, and being stressed to the point you just want to cry all of the time. I get it, we are all there. It does get easier though and you can do it.

Everything seems tougher than it did when you first came to school. Those eight a.m. classes you swore you could handle twice a week, you are past the I regret this stage and into the I loathe you with my entire being stage. You are losing sleep and never finding time to get it back. In fact, tired is now a personality trait. Stressed is becoming the adjective to best describe your life. Be it stress about school, or friendships, or the fact that your room looks like Hurricane Matthew took place right there.

It's easy to become overwhelmed and ready to quit but quitting is not the best option even if it seems impossible. Everything you are going through is making you a stronger person and preparing you for life in the real world. I know, that sounds so cliché but it's true. Everything you are going through you can handle even if you need help to handle it sometimes. You need a support system: family, friends, roommates, littles. All of these people are there to help you with your troubles and your stress. That support group will not let you down, they are there to help you through your rough times just as you are there to help them through theirs. When it all feels like it is too much remember you can do it. God never gives us more than we can handle and he won't make you the exception to that. He will provide you with the people and strength to make it through.

I know it's rough, but you've already made it this far, so why would you quit now? You are strong and can handle whatever life throws at you even though at times it seems like you are just being hit again and again. You have goals and dreams and you can reach them if you just keep moving forward and never give up. You have all the support in the world from those that believe in you. Those that don't believe in you need to be proven wrong and you can prove them wrong. Just make it through and this year will be over before you know it.