As a college student, I know it can be hard to keep it all together. Actually, let me rephrase that. It’s nearly impossible, and I’m here to say that’s perfect.

When your double shot latte with extra whip comes crashing down on your new Express blouse – it’s OK. Even though you have a presentation in about 20 minutes and you’re rushing to the bathroom, hoping for Mr. Clean to show himself already like in those stupid commercials because you need a freaking miracle – it's OK.

Even when you look in the mirror and you realize you forgot to put mascara on your left eye, so you ask the girl next to you if she has any you can borrow, and she says “No, sorry sweetie,” so you try to even them out with a wet paper towel – it's OK.

Or – maybe after you park in the farthest parking spot possible, because there’s a ton of cars crowding the main lot, and you start trying to run to class through the sweltering heat. You’ve got a back pack full of biology, math and philosophy papers, and you realize you forgot to zip it after you jumped out of your car.

Now there’s random school materials decorating the gravel where you walked, and you only have five minutes before class starts.

Oh yeah, not to mention the professor locks the door right after he gets there.

OK, let’s talk about that time you didn’t realize you set your alarm for 7:15 p.m. instead of a.m., and you slept through your entire 8 o’ clock class.

None of this determines your future.

You can be an absolute wreck and still get an A in your AP Statistics class, because it’s not about how well you dress, if you left your textbook at your parents’ house, or even if you studied the wrong chapter for the test today.

Yeah, that’s stressful, and you might even lose a little hair, but you’ll survive.

I can’t count the number of times I’ve left my cellphone in a school bathroom and have had to run all over campus looking for it. It’s fine.

It happens and when it does, fight back and work hard.

You can do it.

God gave us this passion and determination for a reason. Let your heart beat fast, put on some shin guards and get stuff done.