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7 Homesickness can be very real If this is is is your your your first time living on on your your your own it’s natural to to to feel occasional pangs of homesickness homesickness The best way to to to combat homesickness homesickness so it it it does not interfere with your your your success is is is to to to learn coping techniques that work for you you you For example while you you you are at at at at at school communicate and and correspond with with friends and and family at at at at at home on on on a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a regular basis This may include weekly phone calls or or or or or or letters but do not make it it it it it an an an everyday task Instead look forward to sharing with with with them everything that happened in in in in in in the the previous week Creating new new new rituals with with with your your your new new new friends can be a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a great way to to to make your your your your new new new home home feel more like home home Weekly dinners with with with your your your your roommate going going to to to the movies every Thursday with with your your your your classmates or or going going to to to to to Saturday’s game are a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a great way to to to to to combat homesickness while getting to to know your your new new home home Stay active and try new new things 8 Explore your career options You may think everyone knows what they they are majoring in in in in in in when they they begin college but this this is is is is not not the the the the the case! Whether you you you you know know or or not not this this is is is is is is the the the the the perfect time time to to take classes in in in in in in in in fin subjects that that interest you you you you you you Join clubs that that fascinate you you you you you you and and find what you you you you you you are are passionate about This is is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a great time time to to to go to to the career career center on on on on your your your campus and and and meet with with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a counselor They can help you you you you you you you explore what career career options may satisfy your your your your interests hobbies and and and ambitions Talk with with your your your your professors your your your resident assistants and and upperclassmen to to to to to see see why they have gone into a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a particular field field During the the summer you you you may also want to to to to to try to to to to to intern in in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a a a a field field that interests you you you to to to to to see see if it fit would be a good fit 9 Keep it simple your first year Please use your your your your your first year to to to get to to to know your your your your your new life Meaning: Don't overwhelm yourself with classes or or commitments Allow time in in fin your your your your your schedule to to to explore and find your your your your your way 10 Take responsibility for your actions This is is is is your life and and it it is is is is important to know that everyone makes mistakes However being
an an an an an adult means taking responsibility when you you you you you you you fumble and and not not not not blaming others others If you you you you you you you do do not not not not help help yourself then others others will not not not not not help help you you you you you you you you For example if you you you you you you you you do do not not not not not attend class it it it is is your your your your responsibility responsibility to to get the the the the missed information from your your your your professor not not not not your your your your friends’ responsibility responsibility to to give you their notes 99