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3 weeks ago
Whether I graduate from a university or culinary school, I will be able to mark this goal off. I just need to decide.
How to get through college
It made me
satisfied 
"It is really true when people say "just don't give up". That is the ONLY way I did it...I simply just didn't stop. Finally I was done."
How I did it: I simply didn't give up. That's the single thing that actually explains how I did it. Sure I did alot of counseling, got depressed, put myself tens of thousands of dollars deeper into debt than I needed to, developed a self-image of very little discipline and self-efficacy, tried again and again and again and again and again and again to succeed at little tasks like opening books or doing homework...but really, the only way it ever actually got done was simply just crawling painfully until one day, I crossed the finish line...
Lessons & tips: You are NOT alone in your struggle to finish college. Build a support network. Be aware of your thinking and exercise mental discipline in order to not become hopeless. Even if you are absolutely LOST in self-doubt, you have to at least retain hope that there is *some* way it can be done...because it can.
Resources: I created an easily accessible folder on my desktop called "inspirational" full of quotes and stories and audio files from Tony Robbins and the like. It wasn't hard to get into a habit of reading any of that stuff whenever I felt down or discouraged. Pray to a higher power. If you're too intelligent to believe in one, just think "fuck it, I'm going to die one day, at least I tried something to give me hope and help me succeed" you'll be glad you did.
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Success!
3 months ago
It was difficult and doubtful at times.
But with lots of hard work and dedication.
Even if you doubt it against all odds.
It can still bloody happen.
haha.
x
NittleGrasper is actually quite content
Damn you budget cuts, damn you...
3 months ago
Only a couple more weeks until classes start up again. I’m nervous and excited, mostly anxious…? I still need to sign up for more classes! Unfortunately, I won’t be able to until the 14th… and classes start on the 24th.
changing again
6 months ago
this time it’s more than just my major, I’m transferring to BYUH. should be done in a couple more years! :P
college
7 months ago
I just want to be able to get into a good college and figure out the career goal i want
Untitled
7 months ago
I have one year left of college. Can’t wait! I guess I had too much fun at first, so now I’m very different in some ways. getting through college is not all that difficult if you just set your mind to it and work hard not to disappoint yourself. what really sucks though is the money part!
NittleGrasper is actually quite content
Oh goodness...
10 months ago
I survived my 1st semester!! WHEEEEEE.
Yeah, I know college is not going to get easier, but OH GAWD. I have to commute for the rest of my time in school, and the new friends I’ve met are leaving me too. Sucks, I know… I’ll meet some new people, I guess.
I survived Statistics… horrible, horrible class. If it were a person, I would go Zodiac killer on it. Because then I would never get caught even after 40 years. Hahahaha. Corny.
Anyways, all I can say is… staying up finishing essays, projects, and drinking those 5 hour energy things was worth it. Though, I really don’t know if you’re supposed to mix those things with a beverage… oh well. They worked.
No more checking "some college" on forms.
15 months ago
I’ve gone to community college for four years. A couple semesters I blew off, dropping out of most of my classes and just wasting my time and money. I don’t have trouble in school, I’m just not always the best student.
Last semester I buckled down and raised my GPA, getting As in 3 out of 4 classes, with one B. This is while I was working full time in a managing position in the food industry, five days a week.
This semester will be similarly busy and hectic with over a full schedule of classes, and again another full time job working late. If I get through it alright, I’ll have 3 Associate’s Degrees to show for all of my time at the community college. (There’s only one more course I need as a requirement, the rest are going towards a B.A.)
My real goal is to make it to my Bachelor’s degree.
After that, I’d like to pursue graduate studies or law school, if possible.
Then I will feel as though I’ve really gotten myself through college.
Education is important to me. When I imagine my future spouse, I see them as having a proper college degree (technical schools and associates degrees do not count in my book) and as being well-educated, and additionally well-read out of their own volition and drive to be informed about life and the world. I would like to be the same way, as I could never ask more of my hypothetical partner than I would ask of myself.
All in all, I feel a desperate need to have a Bachelor’s.
Sali1988
16 months ago
I’ve finished my courses for A Levels, although exactly how well I’ve done in them I won’t know until August 14th.
Untitled
16 months ago
finished my freshman year in may, took an extra class this summer, and i have AP credits in science, so i’m ahead of most other sophomores. i wish i was further along :P
