Essay About Moving To College

Transitioning from high school to college is a huge milestone of our lives. College is either the happiest moment of our lives or the most stressful once we get our foot inside the door. As a freshmen on campus, the stress of finding new friends, getting familiar with the campus, and maintaining good grades can be a difficult challenge. As a college student myself, I created a guide of tips to help me cope with my many stressors of college and I have also taken tips from Jacob Sokol’s article in So What? titled, “12 Things Happy People Do Differently -- And Why I Started Doing Them. The steps I have listed below are a few examples of Sokol’s that I agreed with, and also included my own personal experiences as well. The first step to seeking happiness as a college student is to express your gratefulness in life altogether. Being fully happy with yourself is the start of overall happiness and gratefulness. It is very important to be grateful for everything you already have simply because there is someone out in the world who may not be so lucky as yourself. When you are grateful for the small things the world has to offer, an abundance of happiness is destined to always come your way. Be grateful for …show more content…
Even though you may have five or more classes, and four or more assignments due all in the same week, it is always good to take a moment to yourself and appreciate the experience that others did not have the chance to. College may not be meant for everyone to attend, but you out of a billion people in the world had what it took to get accepted, and start the journey to adulthood. If you are truly enjoying college and having fun, those four years are going to fly by drastically. Being miserable and unappreciative of the whole experience could bring neglect to yourself and your school progress as well. Overall, being grateful and truly happy is going to be a memory that you will have for a