- Heya playa, excuse my allergy situation going on here,
but I do wanna talk to you
about what your first day of college is gonna be like.
I wanna share some of my own experiences of what it was like
for me and I wanna teach you a few tricks
on how you can make that first day an easy one for you.
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Now here's the thing about starting your first day
of college, it really isn't so different
from starting your first day of high school
or middle school or even elementary school.
You're entering a new place with the people
and everyone has new objectives.
What are those objectives?
Well I'm gonna tell you.
But first I wanna tell you a little bit
about what my first day of college was actually like,
because, trust me, it was not at all
what I expected it to be.
Now I personally lived on a campus,
so I had spent a few days before setting up my dorm room,
getting everything ready, putting my alarm clock there,
and setting the time for me to wake up the very next day.
I was so hopeful, so proud of myself, so ready to do it.
But there was a, mm, slight problem.
You see, I did what most other people do.
I set my alarm clock for a certain time
and set it to a radio station.
So as soon as that time hit,
music would start playing on the radio,
I'd get up, go to class, everything would be fine.
But that's not exactly how it played out.
You see, I had set it on a radio station
and the very next morning when my alarm clock went off,
it started playing a Backstreet Boys song.
Now this was a Backstreet Boys song that I really liked.
So I woke up all dreary eyed, singing to myself,
♪ I want it that way ♪
And I told myself that as soon as the song finished,
I was gonna get up and head on over to class.
But that's not how things played out.
Instead, I had lullabyed myself back to sleep,
and before I knew it, I had missed my first class entirely
and was already late for my second class.
So, soon as I got up, I got dressed, ran out the door,
and ran on over to class.
Not the best way to start your first day.
But once I was in class, I was ready, I was focused,
and then I started to overthink.
I don't know anyone here,
what if they think I'm weird 'cause I came in late,
what if I never make any friends,
what if I fail this class and fail all of my classes,
what if I just fail out of college entirely?
The reason why I say that first day of college
is no different from anything else
that you're starting that's new
is that everyone that you're starting with
is coming in fresh and new just like you.
So you're not alone in your experience.
Lot of times we can feel that way.
We could feel like we're the only ones
going through what we're going through,
but the truth is, we're not.
And while other people might seem
like they have it all put together,
you're just getting started, it's okay to make mistakes.
But one cool thing I think that's awesome
about that first day of college
is that you're entering something new.
So you have every opportunity
to turn to the person next to you who's also new
and to start talking to them.
No one's gonna think it's weird
if you're starting conversations on that first day,
because you're all in this new experience together.
Trust me on that.
The longer you wait to start new conversations with people,
the harder it's gonna be,
because they're gonna start to branch out a little bit more
and start to get comfortable.
So you wanna start at a point
when everyone is uncomfortable,
when everyone's getting to know each other and themselves.
Your first day of college might be a lot like mine was,
a complete mess.
You might show up late for class,
you might start to sweat a lot,
you might start to overthink things, and that's okay.
Or you might just have a pretty normal day.
You find out where all your classes are,
you head over to them, you go to class,
you come home, nothing too crazy.
Either way, it's important to know
that you will survive that first day.
Just take a little bit of time beforehand
to find whatever buildings or rooms you need to go to
so you can be prepared,
and you're not struggling jumping from class to class
not knowing where you are.
I had that a little bit as well,
but I managed to get through it and trust me, you will too.
Now what I want you to do is to watch the video over here
where I focus on making friends in college.
I think it's super important to watch that video,
'cause it's gonna help you start to open up
and talk to more people
and just kind of put yourself out there a little bit more,
which I think is something a lot of people
starting college struggle with.
So check out that video and I'll catch you guys next time.
As always, love and peace.