tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803372692453627051.post735256167667139188..comments2023-05-29T06:45:24.406-05:00Comments on The Chronicles of Dutch: College Tips: Ramen Is Not Your FriendKristen @ The Chronicles of Dutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854345753557503970noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803372692453627051.post-28131770202109021602012-06-06T21:08:03.610-05:002012-06-06T21:08:03.610-05:00Genius list, Morg. You're so thoughtful.
B...Genius list, Morg. You're so thoughtful. <br /><br />Being selfish is a great one. No other time in your life will you get the opportunity to do pretty much exactly what you want, when you want. <br /><br />Appreciating the experience, being present as Oprah, would say is so important. You don't realize the gift you have until it's too late. <br />Love you!!Kristen @ The Chronicles of Dutchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854345753557503970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803372692453627051.post-28581078404514263802012-06-05T14:06:32.300-05:002012-06-05T14:06:32.300-05:00There are several things I wish someone would'...There are several things I wish someone would've told me before I went to college. However, at the risk of making people fall asleep, I've narrowed my insights down to a couple of the big ones.<br /><br />1. Appreciate it. College is only four years of your life, and whether you believe it or not, they will go by lightning fast. So get everything you possibly can out of those four years. Explore everything, experience everything, enjoy everything. Be open to every opportunity that comes your way, even if that means doing things that are scary or uncomfortable for you. <br /><br />2. Go out with your friends every chance you get. My best college friend and I remark that if we'd only known in college that we'd go without seeing each other for two years after we graduated, we would've made more of an effort to hang out when we could. <br /><br />3. Be a little selfish. You will never be as free as you are right now. You get out in the real world and you're suddenly tied down by a career, some bills, a significant other, a pet, and eventually your kids. So do yourself a favor and spend a little time living for you. Do what you want, when you want. Stay up way too late, then sleep the day away. Go out and play beach volleyball instead of doing your laundry. Spend a whole weekend in your pajamas. Jump in the car with your friends and take an impromptu road trip. <br /><br />4. Absorb all the knowledge you possibly can. Obviously, you're in college to learn. But you'll leave college and realize that the most important lessons you took away from it didn't come from a classroom. They came from the relationships you built, the chances you allowed yourself to take, and even the really crappy decisions you decided to make at 3 a.m. after a few too many vodka tonics. And don't get pigeon-holed by the mindset that grades are everything. They're not. In ten years you won't remember if you got an A or a B on that midterm. But you will remember the time you went skinny dipping in your apartment pool or the time you went to 90s Night and belted Celine Dion at the top of your lungs. <br /><br />5. Always keep some aspirin handy. And remember, it's the sugary drinks that give you the truly awful hangovers.Morgannoreply@blogger.com