Looking back on my freshman year of high school, I was a more shy student. I didn’t ever participate in extracurricular activities besides volleyball and did slack in my school work since I had a hard time managing my time and stress. Moving into college was always a big fear of mine. I never thought I would be able to keep on task with all my classes and attempt to do clubs and extra activities. To my surprise, I am now proud of myself since I am on top of all of my classes and seem to be doing well in them too. I am able to follow along in class, I am able to comfortably speak to my professors, I am able to write down my assignments, and I am able to do my homework and submit it on time, all with no trouble. For example, in a class I am enrolled in called, Philosophy of Religion, I have to be responsible to read three chapters in our book and discuss it in front of a lecture hall of about fifty students. I have been doing so well in this and my professor loves to hear my thoughts about the religious arguments that we are reading about. Again, going back to my high school years, I would never be able to do any of that without having a panic episode each day about it or struggling to find the time to read the chapters for the class discussion.
Another way that I am proud of myself is because of the extra curricular activities that I am participating in. I’m not one to try new activities, especially if I’m not doing a new activity with a friend. But, to my surprise, I decided I was going to be outgoing and join some clubs. Currently, I am in the Future Educators Club, Psychology Club, and I am planning to try out for the club volleyball team in the near future. I believe that I will join more clubs as the academic year goes on and cannot wait to do so. I feel that all of these activities that I am doing do not affect my school work at all. If I were in high school, and had all these activities, I definitely would be struggling, but in college, I definitely have tons of time on my hands to do these activities. Overall, stressing over college and time management for college is pointless. Try new things and be proud of your new accomplishments. You may never know if you like it if you don’t try it.
