Your summer is over and the next school year is about to begin. Last semester is history, and this is your time to start over clean. You’re enrolled in more credit hours, classes with heavier loads, and even a few classes before 9 AM. This year you have plenty of challenges ahead of you, and it is okay to be a little nervous. The fear of failure is a natural feeling that runs inside more people than you know. But you have two options when you are faced with adversity and this feeling of failure begins to take over. You can turn and run away from your problems, or you can face them head on and show that you are not afraid.
In the past, you’ve backed down in the face of fear because things seemed too hard, and giving up seemed like the best option for you. But this year is a new year, and you’ve changed. Because failure is a natural part of life, we all fail at some point, and every time you failed, you learned from it, and you got back up and kept moving forward. This year, you won’t back down. You may fall down, or come up short a few times, but you learn from those mistakes and you keep pushing until you achieve your success, and when you get to the point where you achieve your goals, keep going.
And for the times when you want to give up, take a step back and look at how far you’ve made it. You made it this far, so why should you give up now? Think about how hard you have worked to get to where you are now. All the late nights spent at the library, the all nighters you pulled for exams, you can't let it all go to waste by giving up so soon. Finish strong so you can look back and say that you made it. Because there is no better feeling than looking back at all the times you told yourself you wanted to quit but you didn't. You kept pushing when everything seemed impossible, and when things this year seem impossible, you will persevere just like you did before. So what are you waiting for?
It’s a brand new year, you have a great big opportunity in front of you. That goal you have, whether it’s a higher GPA, making the dean’s list, or even just to feel more successful, that goal is out there in front of you. It may be tough, but so are you. The first day of class is almost here, you have your goals set in your mind, so now the real question is, what are you going to do to achieve it?
