{"id":5405,"date":"2022-02-10T15:50:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=5405"},"modified":"2022-02-10T15:50:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:50:46","slug":"mira-d-5-lessons-i-learned-during-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2022\/02\/10\/mira-d-5-lessons-i-learned-during-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Mira D: 5 Lessons I Learned During College"},"content":{"rendered":"
5 Lessons I Learned During College<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In just a few months, I will be graduating from BU, so I wanted to take a moment to reflect onwhat these past few years have taught me. Here are some of the most important lessons I\u2019ve\u00a0learned that I want to share with you!<\/p>\n

LESSON #1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have something that will always remind you of your priorities<\/span><\/p>\n

Every once in a while, set aside time to reflect on your priorities and ask yourself- are you\u00a0putting those things first? Or are you forgetting what\u2019s important to you? It can be as simple as\u00a0writing them out and sticking them on the wall or even finding a time once a month to chat with a
\nfriend about what\u2019s important to you and talking through whether or not you\u2019ve been true to\u00a0those things.I say this because identifying and honing in on what’s important to me has given me a sense of\u00a0peace. I still get stressed about things, but if I can immediately think about my priorities, I\u00a0usually end up reminding myself that whatever I was stressed about in that moment isn\u2019t\u00a0anything to worry about and I can turn my attention towards what matters to me.I think that when your priorities aren\u2019t clearly outlined in your mind, it\u2019s easy for things to get\u00a0muddled and for you to feel stressed about not doing the things you want and not focusing on\u00a0the things that matter to you. If you have something to remind you of your priorities, you will\u00a0always have that guidance to make sure that you\u2019re staying on track with what\u2019s going to make
\nyou feel the happiest and the most fulfilled \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

LESSON #2<\/strong><\/p>\n

People are going to come and go in your life and that\u2019s okay!<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s so much going on during this time in your life that people are going to need more room\u00a0to grow than may have needed before. All of us are navigating this strange and confusing new\u00a0world, and that requires space. We’ve all changed and gone through so much and that energy is\u00a0going to push some people away and pull some people in. And that\u2019s normal and that\u2019s okay.\u00a0If I\u2019ve learned anything, it\u2019s that sometimes your relationships are going to stretch and you\u2019re
\ngoing to experience distance and you\u2019re going to miss them or you might not. But that doesn\u2019t\u00a0mean that it\u2019s permanent. Relationships are ever changing. Don\u2019t let your worries about\u00a0relationships changing take your attention away from the new relationships that you have the\u00a0potential to discover and welcome into your life too!<\/p>\n

LESSON #3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Things are inevitably going to change, so don\u2019t worry about the plan<\/span><\/p>\n

For as long as I can remember, I was always someone that had to have the perfect plan. I had\u00a0to know exactly what I was doing, and I had to know exactly what I wanted to do in the future. I\u00a0wanted my life to be set up in a neat and organized linear map, so that I would know what I had\u00a0to do and where I had to go to succeed.\u00a0Almost four years ago now, I came into college my freshman year, having this perfect, prewritten\u00a0idea of what my life was going to look like by senior year. My life right now looks nothing like\u00a0that. But that\u2019s okay! Things change and shift everyday! And because of that, there\u2019s no need to\u00a0worry so much about your plan because things are inevitably going to change! So why fret over\u00a0every tiny detail about your future when you don\u2019t even know what tomorrow is going to bring\u00a0you?\u00a0I think this was a really difficult lesson for me to accept at first. I spent months worrying about\u00a0what I would do after graduation, where I would go, what I wanted to do with my career, but the\u00a0second I took a breath and let go of my expectations, I found joy and opportunities in places I
\ndidn\u2019t expect.<\/p>\n

LESSON #4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Change up your routine with one big thing<\/span><\/p>\n

This can be anything! But it should be something that will change up your life in a noticeable\u00a0way! I\u2019m not entirely sure how to explain this, so I\u2019ll just share what I did this year that really\u00a0changed up my routine and actually ended up having such a positive impact on my life.\u00a0So even though I am Japanese, all throughout the first three years of college I never joined JSA,\u00a0or the Japanese Students Association. I was always so busy with other things and I always had
\nsome excuse for why I couldn\u2019t go. However, since it was my senior year, I promised myself that\u00a0I would go to at least ONE JSA meeting and meet some people. And I am so glad I did because\u00a0it totally changed the course of how my semester went for the better. I met so many incredible\u00a0people and am having so much fun being a part of JSA!\u00a0Take a chance and just do that ONE thing you\u2019ve always wanted to do or make one big change\u00a0to your routine! You never know what kind of opportunities it\u2019ll bring you, and it might even help
\nyou discover a whole new path you didn\u2019t even know existed for yourself!<\/p>\n

LESSON #5 \u00a0<\/strong>
\nCut yourself some slack!<\/span><\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learned from this past year, it\u2019s to cut yourself some slack! And offer that\u00a0same grace to the people around you. Life is hard, and college is hard! There\u2019s a lot going on!\u00a0I understand how easy it can be to get frustrated at yourself and the people around you. But\u00a0when those moments happen, take a breath and forgive yourself for not knowing all the\u00a0answers. Forgive yourself for being confused or mad or upset or whatever you might be feeling.\u00a0And instead applaud yourself for how far you\u2019ve come and for just doing your best you can at\u00a0the moment.\u00a0Your energy is going to flow in different ways in different eras of your life and that\u2019s the way it\u00a0should be. Recognize that you won\u2019t be on top of things all the time, and that that\u2019s fine! Even if\u00a0it doesn\u2019t feel like it now, you will eventually find your way. So cut yourself some slack for not
\nbeing perfect and not having it figured out \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

And with that, those are the 5 most important lessons I\u2019ve learned over the past few years. I\u00a0hope at least a few of these things resonated with you and that you\u2019ll keep some of these\u00a0lessons in mind as you embark on your college journey!<\/p>\n

Wishing you the best of luck!
\nMira<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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