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3 Take advantage of the opportunities around you and be open to new experiences College is is so so much more than attending classes There are chances to to to study abroad travel listen to to to to and and attend attend workshops with experts in in in all sorts of fields and and to to to to participate in in in activities like the the the radio station station the the the campus newspaper television station station or or or theater productions The best way to to to to to be be responsible to to to making your new new new life as as satisfying as as possible is is is by undertaking a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a commitment to to to lively participation in in new new experiences 4 You will be overwhelmed That’s okay okay If If you you you you you go to to class study know when your assignments requirements and and tests are due and and if you you you you you you you don’t procrastinate too much you you you you you you you will will be okay okay If If you you you you you you you have deadlines meet them Stay organized Each class will will provide a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a syllabus to to to outline your your entire course Use it to to to your your advantage and plan ahead Find a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a place where you you you you can study study that does not have distractions like like the library or or an an an an an an empty classroom Make time time to to to to study study like like you you you you would make time time to to to to go go to to to to a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a party on on on Friday night Find a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a balance This means if you you you you you get all your your work done feel free to to to to go go play Have fun The problems arise when when you you you you you you you neglect one one part of your your your your experience for another Do not not be be be afraid to to to to work hard and and then reward yourself yourself Also remember to to to be be be kind to to to yourself yourself when when you’re feeling overwhelmed Share your your your experiences Talk with others Get some perspective and and rest 5 Seek help if you need it This This can can mean mean attending your professor’s office hours to to get clarification on on the the material being taught or or or it it can can can mean mean going going to to to the the the health health center center i if you you are sick Do not put o off seeking seeking help This This can can also include seeking seeking out mental health health services going going to to the the writing center center or or being part of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a study group By cultivating meaningful relationships with your peers you’ll gain allies and and emotional resources that will come come in in in handy when you you you become overwhelmed 6 Stay healthy Exercise Eat and drink balanced meals Sleep Even if you you you are are are not on on on the the college’s sports teams there are are are lots of activities activities available to students through intramurals clubs and and activities activities Typically along with your your college college tuition you you you you are are are paying an an an an activity fee that covers use of your your school’s gym pool recreational equipment and and other facilities It can be difficult to to catch up i if if you you miss class due to to illness so maintaining
a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a healthy lifestyle will go a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a long way in in in in in in in in in in creating success in in in in in in in in in in college Exercise is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a foundational aspect in in in in in in in in in in maintaining
mental wellness and and and from it it it branches a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a whole host of other capacities for wellbeing It can help you you regulate sleep and and and appetite and and and give you you space to think about things other than school Sleep is vital in in in in in college You may feel urged by some aspects of of the the the campus culture to to eschew sleep sleep sleep and and and do all-nighters and and and study benders but getting the the the right amount of of sleep sleep sleep and and and not allowing sleep sleep sleep debt to to accrue should be be a a a a a a a priority 97