I have a running joke with my roommate that we can't go two minutes without wondering what everyone else is doing. The more I think about it though, it's kind of true. I'm always curious to what the next big event is. Whether it's a school dance, or if my friend group is going on some kind of an adventure with out me. While maybe you have reason to fear "missing out" on these events. Is it worth it in the end to be stressing out about these things?

I wish someone would have warned me about "FOMO" (The Fear of Missing Out) before I got to college. Last year I experienced "FOMO" as a freshman in college, and it was a detriment to my first semester grades. I then transferred schools and when I thought I was done with "FOMO" last year. It crept back up on me. As if some terrible monster was resurrected, and started chasing me all over again. I hated this fear I had that I may be missing out on something. It just isn't who I am, I've always been comfortable in being a nomad and kind of doing my own thing. Yet, I had this cancer eating away at me at the beginning of this year and last year. It had made me into someone that I wasn't comfortable being. Which is why I'm about to give you, what is in my opinion, the biggest tip to succeeding at college.

Yes, we all need friends to support us along the way of life. But, you also need me time. That''s why I think the biggest tip for succeeding at your first couple semesters of college. Is trying to figure out how to be comfortable with just simply, being alone. In college it seems you can always surround yourself with people and get distracted from your own hobbies, life, thoughts even. But, this is just a distraction to mask your own insecurities. For me personally it just made me never want to be alone. That's why to succeed at college you must figure out how to be comfortable with being alone. Rather it is for just an hour, or even 30 minutes. Make sure to plan out time for yourself to be just alone. It's so easy to get caught up in the college life, constant coffee drinking, constant socializing, constant homework flow. But, rather you're introverted or extraverted the biggest advice I can give you to being successful in college is figuring out how to stand yourself for several minutes at time and just be alone. Because, just sitting down and realizing what you did that day instead of someone telling you what you are going to do that day may be the difference between you fearing that you are missing out on something, or being happy that you are just alone reflecting on your own personal thoughts. Sometimes we get so caught up in the social aspect that we forget we have hobbies that recharge us. Or sometimes we forget we just haven't had a moment to breathe. So do me a favor the next time you start to fear you are missing out on something. Take a step back, and just breathe. Everything is going to be ok. There will be other opportunities to do something with your friends. Be true to who you are. Breathe.