Ever since I became an adult, things have been ok. I had a job, access to my family, and was about to head off to college. Now that I’m actually here, things haven’t been the same. College is the first step to being a true adult, and I still have a lot to learn about it. There is a balance of classes, work, a social life, and everything in between. Thankfully, I haven’t fallen off the deep end just yet. I have had days where I am on top of cloud 9, and then I have days where I fell into a deep, dark abyss. The stress of it all randomly appears without any warning and it gets really annoying fast. Like when all of my professors decide that today is the day that everyone assigns big projects that are due in two days. I feel like they are trying to give me a heart attack. Sometimes I wish that college would be a peaceful island breeze, blowing me through the wind.
But college isn’t like that. I knew this going in. But it does hit you hard once you miss an assignment, get a really bad grade, or miss a class. I’m one of those people who hate it when things aren’t exactly perfect. It’s one of the main stressors, besides all of the intrusive thoughts swirling around my head. All of those things piled up in my brain don’t make me feel like sunshine and rainbows. But honestly…. I feel like college wouldn’t be the same without all of the stress. It leads to study sessions with friends, testing out new drinks at the coffeehouse, and feeling the sweet, sweet relief of the final grade. Once you have that grade you worked so hard for, a euphoric atmosphere takes over. Stress is something we have to deal with in our lives. We can’t escape it, no matter how we try. But the best thing we can do is make the best of it and will lead us to a more relaxed future.
