Dear Past Me,

College is going to change you in so many ways. You're not going to be the same overly involved and social butterfly girl you were in high school. There are going to be many times where you feel lost, and like you're making all of the wrong decisions and can't remember what it's like to make a right one. You're going to stress about your grades so much that it'll keep you up at night.

This is going to be a new thing for you, because in high school, getting good grades was second nature for you. You're going to feel like a failure more than once and you're going to constantly question the future plan you laid out for yourself. You're just going to feel like a giant mess. People that you thought would be your friends for all of eternity will soon become distant memories and awkward "how are you?" texts.

But that's okay. It'll all be worth it, I promise.

You're not expected to stay the same person you were in high school and you should be glad that you're changing. Change isn't always a bad thing. You're getting older and your priorities are changing, and with that, so is your outlook on life. Living in the mindset that you had in high school would leave you close-minded and immature. It's okay to feel like you're a mess.

College is hard and you're not supposed to have everything figured out. This is the time to try new things. This is the time to fail. if you had everything figured out, you wouldn't learn anything. As for your old friends, it's okay to drift away from them. You're going to make new friends and they're going to be some of the best people you've ever met.

You're going to be okay, no matter what.