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After graduating from High School, I thought this is it, no more stressing, this is where life gets easier. But, boy am I totally wrong. Yes, I was technically done, but done with High School. Now is where life begins, where things get harder, where you decide what it is you want to do for the rest of your life.

As I took my first step into Baruch College I honestly didn’t know what I was to expect. I had dozens of questions floating in my mind that wasn’t going to be answered until I see it first hand with my own eyes.

College is nothing like I would imagine, there is definitely more freedom to do whatever I want and everyone here is friendly, nice and offers a helping hand when needed. However, it’s a constant struggle for me when it comes to schoolwork and homework. Thirty plus pages to read for every class, quizzes, projects, essays, it’s all hard work. And it only gets harder from there.

Of course people can get by this, but my problem with procrastination and pure laziness gets in the way most of the time. Facebook, youtube, text messages, gaming all these things makes it even harder for me to focus.

So yes I graduated high school, yes I have more freedom but this freedom comes with a consequence, people don’t care about what I do now, I make my own decisions, I am the only one who can push myself to do better, I’m the one who can help myself get to where I want to get to in hopefully 4 years.

This is a picture that depicts how I feel when I have a project due, studying for tests/quizzes , or doing my homework in general

Source: http://www.yellowpagecollegedirectory.com/articles/dealing-with-stress-in-college

-Elaine W.