Going into my second week of my sophomore year of college, I'm already noticing a drastic difference in myself. As one would expect, I would say that my time management skills are getting better, I'm navigating myself through college a bit smoother, and my hunger for learning has grown immensely.

However, I can't help but notice a part that has changed the most are the people I choose to surround myself with-- or should I say, the lack of.

In my freshman year, I learned a lot about how to make friends-- as many do their first year of college in a new start. However, I also learned about which kinds of people I truly want in my life.

Toward the end of my freshman year, I feel as though I made a subconscious note to myself on what I expect in a friendship, and if the person on the receiving end does not meet my expectations, what's the point of keeping them around?

As harsh as it may sound, it's one of the smartest, and I would even go as far to say, most adult moves I've made this year so far.

When you get to this point in college, there becomes a a moment when you realize that there is so little time to waste on people who don't make you the absolute best version of yourself possible.

Side comments, awkward small-talk, passive aggressive actions are all signs of unnecessary immaturity that you do not need in your life.

All I'm really trying to say is that I don't intend on wasting anymore of my own or anyone else's time with a friendship that I am not 100 percent into.

I used to be the kind of person who would wait around for people to change, for things to get better. I was the girl who made excuses for why my "friends" weren't acting like friends anymore.

A wise friend of mine told me recently that we use the term "friend" way too loosely and too often. We're so eager to label the person we talked to for five minutes in class as a friend, when the truth is they are simply a classmate— an acquaintance.

Hear me when I say that time is precious— your time in college, and pretty much any other time, is better spent with those whom you are truly invested in.

Always keep in mind that there is a difference between being picky with the people you surround yourself with and burning bridges. I'm not here to tell you to tell off every person you have ever had a problem with.

Of course in the end people can change; that is always a factor. But never feel that you have to wait on someone else to grow up.

It's time that we start listening to ourselves a little bit more when our gut tells us how to pick and choose.

The best people in your life are going to be the ones who don't make you second guess why they are in your life in the first place.