Let me further clarify the title.

After my freshman year of college, I wrote a post highlighting key takeaways from my very first year. Soon after (the next year, to be exact), I became overwhelmed and let my grades slip. And truth be told, it was just a matter of not knowing how to effectively prioritize. It wasn't until the first summer session of this year that I finally found a way to keep up with my note-taking skills. This past semester, I found a way to keep up with my assignments for multiple classes, because that was one of my hugest problems. It only took four years, but hey! Better late than never, amirite? After all, I went from feeling so low that I wanted to drop out of school almost two years ago, to making the Dean's List AND being granted full-major status this semester. So I'm going to share my new school organization method!

Hallelujah, it's summer. Time to sleep in til 2 in the afternoon, spend all day lounging by the pool or the gulf, catch up on your favorite TV shows, and all that junk. That is if you're not taking summer classes or working or something :)

But having all this time to do nothing (or look for things to do) often gets me to reflecting on the past, and more specifically, this past year. As y'all know, I've just finished my freshman year of college. I know that I spent the entirety of my senior year of high school mentally preparing for the huge transition from having home-cooked meals, everything I need at my disposal, etc., to being away from those I love, making new friends, adjusting to larger classes and a larger student body in general, and all that cliche stuff. But to my surprise, there were things I learned that I really wish were emphasized in high school so that I could have been better prepared.

So I'm going to keep a list of stuff that I wish I had done/been prepared for during my first year of college. What I'm about to list isn't necessarily on there because I made that mistake. These are just some observations that I made at my university, and everyone will obviously have a different experience. Hopefully, incoming college freshmen can put this to good use :)