When I started college, I knew that there would be some hurdles that I would face. One of the biggest hurdles for me was moving away from home. While I only live an hour away from UW-Green Bay, as a homebody, it was still hard for me to move away from home. I knew that I was going to miss my family a lot because of how much time I spent with them. My parents are like my best friends so leaving them behind was extremely difficult for me. Me and my sister are also really close which made leaving really hard. Even though she is a senior in college, and I am used to her being gone, I was always home when she came home. Now, we are never home at the same time, so we rarely see each other. I knew that one of the hardest parts would be leaving my hometown friends behind, as I had spent most of my life with them. While it has been hard, I have managed the distance by Facetiming my friends and family, texting them daily, and trying to make plans with them all on weekends when everyone is available.
Another hurdle that I have faced while in college is time management. While I was in high school, time management was something I never had to worry about. Yes, I was in volleyball year-round and managed basketball, but I never got a heavy enough workload where I had to plan ahead of time. I was able to do the homework on the bus and finish in time or do it before the game. Now in college, I have to plan accordingly about what assignments will take how much time and when to do them because of activities that I am involved in, so I have plenty of time to get them done and get them done well. Back in the fall, it had taken me awhile to manage time because I was so used to a small workload and not having to take as much time on homework as I had to in the past. It has been difficult to manage, but it is a lot better than what it had used to be.
