So it's your big day! Your first step into adult life. You're on your own now. I know what it is like so I'm going to give you a few tips on what I did and learned my freshman year of college.

1. If you’re staying on campus, decorate your dorm room.

You're going to be away from home for a while and it might be a bit hard. So decorate your new room with things from home. Make it look snazzy. Put up pictures of mom, dad, brothers, sisters etc. Poster are also nice to put up around the room too. Also you might even find it nice to color coordinate your room too.

2. Don't procrastinate on your assignments.

This was one of the worst mistakes I made my freshman year. I started off doing so well and then I started slacking off and doing assignments at the last minute. Trust me, it will only stress you out more. In college, you have to meet certain deadlines or else you won't be able to turn in the assignment at all or make it up. It isn't like high school where you will get points off every day it’s late. There is none of that in college. It’s either on time or a big fat F. There were times where I had to spend nights staying up until 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. in the morning making sure my assignment were turned in on time.

3. Join clubs and activities

This is the best part. I made the best of friends joining this ministry club at my college called Cru. We not only did worship but we talked about things that we are going through and got advice. Also we even went out to eat to place like Sonic's and went to museums, skating, and the zoo and places that you can just have fun at. My favorite part about Cru was discipleship. You basically take someone under your wing and learn about each other and mentor them. I learned so much from being disciplined. Just know that if you are going through something you are never alone and God is watching over you.

4. Watch the foods that you eat or face the Freshman 15.

So the myth is every freshman gains 15 pounds during their freshman year. This was not the case for me. I gained 50 and I'm currently still trying to lose it. Please, please, please watch the foods that you eat. Try to portion it and exercise as much as you can. Sometimes, there will not be enough time for you to go to the gym as much as you want but you can always do workouts wherever you are. Pushups, sit-ups, jumping jacks etc.

Well I hope that my experiences and tips helped a bit and that you have a great freshman year of college and I wish you all the best!