I am an over-thinker. No matter what is on my mind, thoughts are constantly running through my mind.

Freshman year has treated me pretty well so far. Global pandemic and everything considered!

Missouri State has really been an amazing home for me where I have put myself out there to meet multiple interesting people, join interesting clubs and organizations, and it has also taught me some independence.

While I am meeting new friends or trying to be present in my acting classes, I find that my mind is grasping at multiple different straws... what could go wrong, what's going to happen next, what things are most and least important in that moment. I have such a hard time seeing and enjoying what is right in front of me.

Granted, I am in a new environment in college now, making my own decisions and having to be very responsible. I do not know a single freshman who has gone without just a little bit of anxiety in their lives, starting a whole new life.

I got in my own head and did not really know what was happening to me. There was just always so much on my mind I could not decipher what I was even feeling. So, I talked to some very dear friends about my troubles.

Someone very important to me told me to "live in the moment". This is such a simple statement, but it holds such a deep meaning.

Let go. When you're out late at night with your friends, when you're driving with your windows down, when your happiness is so big you cannot contain it, let go of everything.

I have been focusing on this for a little while now and it has really been improving my life. I feel freed and happy. Happiness just comes with ease now and I am overthinking less.

This allows me to enjoy myself everyday in my classes, with my friends, and even when I am listening to music in my dorm. I had to learn to get out of my head and realize that I was my own worst enemy.

So friends, let go and enjoy the moment.