Once we enter college, we are expected to have a plan as to what we want to do with our lives. At Thanksgiving dinners and Christmas holidays, our families ask us about how our education is going, what our majors are, and what we were planning on doing with that major. Usually we are pressured to give an answer, but if we don't give a satisfactory one, we are looked at with disappointed eyes.

But why do we have to know everything about our lives? We just gained our independence. We are asked to go to class, find a part-time job, socialize, and be a well-rounded student. We have to be a 4.0 student, participating in at least two extra-curricular activities, while working a part-time job and making connections with our peers. And those of us relying on financial aid must also be well-aware of all the papers we need to sign and all the numbers we need to keep on check.

Then, there are friendships we need to keep and relationships we need to maintain. We are also on our own, yet dependent on our parents to pay our tuition and rent. We also need please our parents in order to receive their help while pleasing ourselves and "following our dreams." With all of this, students feel helpless and crushed under all the pressure. It's not easy being a college student, it's not easy being an adult, but most importantly, it's not easy being college students and adults.