There are a lot of things that
you learn during your college years. Other than the lessons that you learn in
the classroom to obtain a GPA, there are several key lessons that help you
throughout your life.
One
of the most important things I learned was how to be by myself. I know this
sounds really simple, but it’s one of the most difficult lessons to learn. It’s
easy to be happy when you’re surrounded by your friends or you’re with your
significant other. Sometimes the most difficult thing is to be happy when
you’re all alone.
I've never been the kind of girl who always had to have a boyfriend. That’s just not
my personality. The one thing I've always relied on, however, are my friends.
This reliance is tested during your college years. You learn who your true
pre-college friends are because they will always be there for you even if
you’re separated by hundreds of miles.
Those
friends that you meet in college are easy to bond with and hang out with while you’re
right down the hall or the street from each other. However, once winter or
summer break hits, the two of you can be states apart.
If,
like me, you don’t really have any friends in your hometown after a year of
college, you've hit a dead end. You can’t very well take road trips every week
to be with your friends, and sometimes phone calls just can’t cut it. Thankfully, I've learned how to not go completely crazy while I’m stuck in the middle of
nowhere at least three hours away from my best friends.
If
you get cabin fever by being all by yourself, find a new television show to
watch. Nothing distracts you better than getting sucked into someone else’s
dramatic life. Currently, I’m obsessed with Gossip Girl and it’s getting me
through this winter break.
Start
a new hobby. Write, paint, craft…whatever floats your boat. Do something that
you’re passionate about. After all, you have no schoolwork to worry about and
you have all the free time in the world.
Also,
you can do what I do…I work as many hours as I possibly can. Not only does this
mean that I’ll have more money to go to movies or buy amazing $5 DVDs at
Wal-Mart, but it also means that I don’t just sit at home every single day with
nothing to do.
Don’t
just dig yourself a hole for the next few weeks until you get back to your
college campus. Call, text, or get in contact with your friends somehow. Being
a social recluse isn't beneficial.
