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A Letter to Those Worrying About The Future

Here's what you need to know going into 2019

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Dec 31, 2018

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A Letter to Those Worrying About The Future

Charlotte Russell

Dear worrier,

We are about to enter into a new year and that means that we have a chance to revisit the possibilities of new goals, new achievements, new changes, and other new things that the new year comes with. As the year comes to a close, we begin to worry about what lies ahead for us. For many of us, we fear the unknown. We want to be able to control our future. We want to be able to dictate when things are going to happen. We want to be able to make sure that things go our way and that anything that tries to divert us from that path will stay far, far away. Unfortunately, we can not have this control over life. We are subject to the craziness and unorganized blob that life is. When things remain unknown or don't seem to go the way that we plan, we often get frustrated with ourselves despite the fact that we can not control what is going to happen. I've been in the same place before. I'm someone who wants desperately to be able to control my life. I've found myself angry and upset with myself over things that I haven't been able to control. I've been hard on myself for really no reason at all. I've decided to have a different view on life going into 2019.

What I know now is that 2019 is going to be full of ups and downs and while I'm going to want to control them to the best of my ability, there are going to be things that I can't control. What I've learned from the past is the fact that everything turns out okay in the end. The things that you encounter in life may tear you down, but you are strong enough to keep building despite the demolition. You can make it past your darkest days. You have survived your worst days, you are strong enough to prevail further. The sun will rise again and you will be okay. Have faith in yourself. Know that you are stronger than you think. You have the capability to keep moving forward. Whatever happens to you in the future, whether it is good or bad, it will all work out for you. God has a plan for you and he knows what he is doing. If we put our trust in him, we should have no worries for tomorrow.

So for those worrying about the future, don't worry. It's all going to be okay.

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No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

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"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

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What are the benefits of raising the minimum wage?

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Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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