Reflecting on the Pre-graduation years

You need to have the courage to examine yourself in detail before you move on to the next step. No matter where you are, you can learn something. I am speaking people who have graduated or will be graduating in the next few days. Remember that you shouldn't allow the experiences from your first year of college or high school to be a waste, reflect on the good and bad in you and others, and then allow it to make you a stronger and wiser person.

Expanding Your Career Options

You don't have to do one single thing your whole life. You might have gone to college for one thing and you might end up doing another. So while in college enjoy what you study but also be realistic with exploring your options for the future.

Lessons from College Part 5

5. Make sure that you not only benefit from your college but that you make it a betetr place for prospective students through your thoughts, words, and actions.

Lessons from College Part 4

4.Don't be afraid to make mistakes. You are in college and not perfect. You never will be. So learn from the mistakes you make in your academic and social life.

Lessons from College Part 3

3.Don't assume when it comes to boys, girls, classes, work etc. Do some core research and find some concrete answers.

Lessons from College Part 2

2. Don't stay in your room. Get out and make friends. College is also about making friends and networking.

Lessons from College Part 1

Here are some things that I think every college student should know:

1. It is okay to not know your major or even change it. Just be true to yourself and your major will find its way to you.

How to Succeed in College

Here are some thoughts from a college senior's experience:

• Major in what you naturally excel in

• Don't hold on to a major that is taking your GPA nowhere

• Be true to yourself and have the guts to stick to your career or change it if necessary

• Expose yourself to different experiences in and out of the class. These are your most formative years and any encounter no matter how big or small could have a big impact on your identity and even career interests

• Don't think of your life as being constrained by one career or major. Be open to all the new talents you might discover in yourself

• Remember that you are your own person at the end of the day and can choose whether or not to join a sorotity, fraternity, or any popular organization

Any more thoughts?

Self-discipline and Procrastination

Some college students think it is cute to say "I procrastinate a lot." Well that would be cute for an infant to say. But as a young adult you are basically just saying that you have no self-discipline to do what you really need to be doing at the right time and place and in the right way. You are basically dissing yourself. Like who would openly say, "I have no self-discipline" and yet millions will say, "I am a procrastinator." And yeah it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that takes you down as you never live up to your full potential although it may look like you are superficially thriving. So today is your lucky day to kiss your lover Procrastination good bye. Hehehe!

Confessions of a Control Freak

I used to want to have everything planned out for even 10 years down the road. This was especially in regards to my career and marriage. It wasn't about the specific place, car, house, or clothes that I wanted to own.

That sort of life was tiring and soon ended in college after I realized that the inevitable will occur no matter what. I ended up changing my major and career goals. I even changed the age that I planned to get married at. And you know what? It's okay. I have learned that it is good to plan ahead but don't let that stop you from exploring other opportunities.

I am not the same person who walked into college...I am now a new me although at the end of the day I am me.

 

Story From A Reader of dailylifeandliving.blogspot.com

3 Steps to Overcoming Procrastination in College or Life

Have you always been a procrastinator? Basically if you are notorious for putting off things until the last minute then you are one. What are you doing in the meantime? It is possible that you are doing nothing but some other things to merely fill up your time...what a waste of time! Here are a few tips to help you overcome procrastination:

1. Train yourself to do one thing at a time for a short period of time basically make breaks an asset
2. Surround yourself with people with great time-management skills and they can inspire you to be more like them
3. Convince yourself that the earlier something is done the better the result will be and of course the less stress you will feel