How Do You Live Like A College Student?
Understand the two keys to life as a happy student are setting goals and finding a balance that works. • Goals are things you want to achieve. Your goals will depend on your values and needs as a student. Goals can be anything. One major goal all students have is to graduate. Many students also have a goal of finding new friends. Some students may have budgetary goals. It doesn’t matter what your goals are, all that matters is that you know what they are. • Make a list of your goals: the things you want to accomplish as a student. • Use brainstorming techniques like mind maps and freewriting to find your own goals. Sometimes knowing yourself is the hardest thing, so try working on your goals with friends. • Prioritize your list of goals. • Your goals will be a dynamic list, you will be adding and deleting from this list your entire life as you and your priorities change. In college you are likely to change you values and priorities a great deal, so don’t be nervous about editing your l
