Did I choose the right major? What if I change my major? What classes do I still have to take? When am I going to get that paper done? Who's hiring? Did I do laundry recently? Will I be able to finish this essay in time? Do I eat another disappointing sandwich? How much sleep can I get tonight? Where am I going to live next year? What am I going to do after graduation? Should I go to grad school? How am I going to pay these loans off? When did college get so expensive? Am I going to be able to survive this?
This probably sounds familiar. Perhaps you're an overthinker or have anxiety, and this is a daily ritual. We all worry, but it's worse for some of us. You're in bed, sitting in class, or standing vacantly in the shower and questioning your entire existence. How in the hell am I going to get through this? Well, the good news is that you always do.
You're going to be okay, I promise.
You may leave college with scars of failing grades, bad relationships, or a few gained pounds from stress eating, but you're alive. You've survived every single bad day and every single good day. You will continue this for the rest of your life.
Some of us have more privileges than others. Some of us have abnormal brain chemistry (hello, depression). Some of us are missing a limb. Some of us just lost a loved one. Some of us just failed that test that we really needed to pass. We are all individuals with our own struggles, daily or lifelong. The one thing we have in common is that we all choose to carry on. Even when life has us on our knees, begging for mercy, we get back up.
You've done it before, and you can keep doing it.
Some days are going to be more difficult than others, but it will only make you better prepared for the future days.
Even if you don't believe in yourself, I believe in you.
You got this.